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What is Taylor Series

 

Technical Definition: A way to approximate (very) smooth functions (for which derivatives up to high orders exist and are continuous)

 

Simple Definition: Ta...

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Answered by Andrew C. Maths tutor
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How do you differentiate (3x+cos(x))(2+4sin(3x))?

Here we have a product of two things, so we will be using the product rule of differentiation. This is: for y=u(x)v(x), where u(x) and v(x) are funtions of x, dy/dx = u'(x)v(x) + u(x)v'(x). So in this ...

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How to integrate cos^2(x) ? ("cos squared x")

We can't integrate cos^2(x) as it is, so we want to change it into another form. We can easily do this using trig identities.

1) Recall the double angle formula:

c...

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Answered by Ella N. Maths tutor
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How do you intergrate ln(x)?

There's a nice trick here you can do, treat the equation as 1*ln(x) then intergrate by parts.

Differentiating ln(x) gives 1/x, while intergrating 1 gives x

So your left with...

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