Mathematics I (Calculus) - Old Questions

3. (a) Find the Maclaurin series for ex and prove that it represents ex for all x.

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Now,

Let d is any positive number with  then 

So, by Taylor’s inequality

 for 

Since  is a finite value. So


i.e.

 for all values of x.

 This implies that series converges to ex for every value of x.