Compute the 7th derivative of at .
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e x = 1 + x + 2 ! x 2 + 3 ! x 3 + 4 ! x 4 + . . . 1 + x 3 1 = 1 − x 3 + x 6 − x 9 + x 1 2 − . . . The previous equation is obtained by viewing 1 + x 3 1 as a geometric series with first term 1 and a common ratio of − x 3 . This is of course if ∣ x 3 ∣ < 1 . Now, f ( x ) = ( 1 + x + 2 ! x 2 + 3 ! x 3 + 4 ! x 4 + . . . ) ( 1 − x 3 + x 6 − x 9 + x 1 2 − . . . ) We are only interested in combining those terms that will result to a degree of 7. Those that are of degree less than 7 will become zero by getting their seventh derivatives and those that are higher than 7 will become zero too , because they still contain x upon getting the seventh derivative and substituting x = 0 . The seventh degree terms are: 7 ! x 7 − 4 ! x 7 + 1 ! x 7 and the seventh derivative at x = 0 is 7 ! 7 ! − 4 ! 7 ! + 1 ! 7 ! = 4 8 3 1