Evaluate the 25th derivative of
Hint: Start with the Maclaurin series for to obtain a series for and then for
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Start by constructing the Taylor series for x 3 sin ( x 2 ) centered at x = 0 . x 3 sin ( x 2 ) = x 3 n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( − 1 ) n ( 2 n + 1 ) ! ( x 2 ) 2 n + 1 = n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( − 1 ) n ( 2 n + 1 ) ! x 4 n + 5
Note that, at x = 0 , all terms in the power series having a power less than 25 will become 0 by virtue of differentiating them 25 times. Furthermore, all terms in the power series having a power larger than 25 will become 0 by virtue of differentiating them 25 times and plugging in 0. However, the term corresponding to x 2 5 will not vanish after taking 25 derivatives and plugging in 0. Rather, the 25th derivative of x 2 5 is 2 5 ! . We examine the term in the Taylor series corresponding to n = 5 , which is − 1 1 ! x 2 5 . We take its derivative 25 times and obtain − 1 1 ! 2 5 ! .