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=
which upon substitutioninto Eq. (A1)togetherwith a
1yields
1) 2
1) 3
1) 4
( x
2! ( x
3! ( x
ln( x )
=
0
+
( x
1)
+
+···
2!
3!
4!
1
2 ( x
1
3 ( x
1
4 ( x
1) 2
1) 3
1) 4
=
( x
1)
+
+···
EXAMPLE A2
Use the first fiveterms of the Taylor series expansion of e x about x
=
0:
x 4
4! +···
togetherwith the error estimate to find the boundsof e .
x 2
2! +
x 3
3! +
e x
=
+
+
1
x
Solution
1
2 +
1
6 +
1
24 +
65
24 +
e
=
1
+
1
+
E 4 =
E 4
e ξ
5! ,0
) h 5
5!
f (4) (
E 4 =
ξ
=
ξ
1
The boundson the truncation errorare
e 0
5!
e 1
5!
1
120
e
120
( E 4 ) min =
=
( E 4 ) max =
=
Thus the lowerbound on e is
65
24 +
1
120
163
60
e min =
=
and the upperbound is givenby
65
24 +
e max
120
e max
=
which yields
119
120 e max =
65
24
325
119
e max =
Therefore,
163
60
325
119
e
EXAMPLE A3
Compute the gradient and the Hessian matrix of
ln x 2
f ( x
,
y )
=
+
y 2
at the point x
=−
2, y
=
1.
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