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Math 101 Chapter 4: Taylor series and complex numbers
Gordon Blower
4.2 Taylor series and complex numbers chapter contents
4.3 Polynomial approximation
4.4 Taylor’s polynomials
4.5 Differentiating Taylor polynomials
4.6 Taylor expansions
4.7 Maclaurin’s Theorem
4.8 The Maclaurin series for sine
4.9 Numerical values
4.10 The general binomial theorem
4.11 Binomial coefficients
4.12 Convergence of Taylor series.
4.13 Sign test for increasing or decreasing functions
4.14 Classification of stationary points
4.15 Number of stationary points
4.16 Sign test for stationary points
4.17 Proof of the sign test for stationary points
4.18 Cases of the sign test
4.19 Asymptotes
4.20 Systematic curve sketching
4.21 Stationary points
4.22 On using the sign tests
4.23 Limits of
x
log
x
x\log x
4.24
x
log
x
x\log x
4.25 Summary (Remember these!)
4.26 Complex numbers
4.27 Argand’s diagram
4.28 Complex numbers
4.29 Arithmetic of complex numbers
4.30 Rules for addition and multiplication
4.31 Dividing complex numbers
4.32 Real quadratic equation
4.33 Complex trigonometric series
4.34 Complex exponentials and the unit circle
4.35 Polar form of complex numbers
4.36 Multiplying complex numbers in polar form
4.37 Geometrical interpretation of complex multiplication
4.38 De Moivre’s Theorem
4.39 Complex roots of unity
4.40 Simplifying multiple angles in terms of trig powers
4.41 Trig functions in terms of
z
z
4.42 Expressing trig powers in terms of multiple angles
4.43 Principle of linear superposition
4.44 General solutions and initial conditions
4.45 Homogeneous second-order differential equation
4.46 Proof (i) Distinct real roots
4.47 Proof (ii) Double real root
4.48 Proof (iii) Complex conjugate roots
4.49 Complex solutions