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What is the formula for the nth term of an arithmetic sequence?
, where is the first term and is the common difference.
What is the formula for the nth term of a geometric sequence?
, where is the first term and is the common ratio.
What is the general form of a power series?
What is the Maclaurin series for ?
What is the Maclaurin series for ?
What is the Maclaurin series for ?
What is the formula for Lagrange Error Bound?
, where M is the maximum value of the (n+1)th derivative.
What is the formula for Alternating Series Error Bound?
, where is the (n+1)th term of the series.
Define a sequence.
A function whose domain is the set of natural numbers.
Define a series.
The sum of the terms of a sequence.
What is a convergent sequence/series?
Terms approach a specific value (the limit).
What is a divergent sequence/series?
Terms do not approach a specific value; the sum is infinite.
Define an arithmetic sequence.
Sequence with a constant difference between consecutive terms.
Define a geometric sequence.
Sequence where each term is the previous term multiplied by a constant ratio.
Define a harmonic series.
Series where terms are reciprocals of positive integers.
Define a power series.
Series of the form where are constants and is a constant.
Define an alternating series.
Series where the terms alternate in sign.
Define a Taylor series.
Representation of a function as an infinite sum of terms, with each term being a polynomial function of a single variable.
Define a Maclaurin series.
A Taylor series centered at 0.
What are the differences between Limit Comparison Test and Direct Comparison Test?
Direct Comparison: Compares magnitude directly. Limit Comparison: Compares the limit of the ratio of terms. Direct comparison requires establishing an inequality, limit comparison does not.
What are the differences between Taylor and Maclaurin series?
Taylor: Expansion around any point c. Maclaurin: Expansion around c=0. Maclaurin is a special case of Taylor.
What are the differences between Alternating Series Error Bound and Lagrange Error Bound?
Alternating Series: Applies only to alternating series, uses the next term. Lagrange: Applies to Taylor polynomials, uses the (n+1)th derivative.
What are the differences between arithmetic and geometric sequences?
Arithmetic: Constant difference between terms. Geometric: Constant ratio between terms. Arithmetic: Linear growth. Geometric: Exponential growth.