What is the power series for sqrt(x+1) using the square root algorithm?

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How would you go about finding the power series for sqrt(x+1) by applying the square root algorithm. I can do it using binomial expansion and other formulas but I'm not familiar with the square root algorithm involving variables.
 
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Which square root algorithm do you mean? There are several.
 
lilcoley23@ho said:
How would you go about finding the power series for sqrt(x+1) by applying the square root algorithm. I can do it using binomial expansion and other formulas but I'm not familiar with the square root algorithm involving variables.

[tex]\int\sqrt{x+1}\rightarrow \frac{2}{3}(x+1)^{\frac{1}{2}}[/tex]

It's just the usual 1/n+1x^n+1.

and nx^n-1

[itex]\frac{d}{dx} \sqrt {x+1} \rightarrow \frac{1}{2(x+1)^\frac{1}{2}}[/itex]

Which you can expand to a series using the inequality:

[itex](2x + r) r\leq a - x^2[/itex]
 
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