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Broad Topics > Pre-Calculus and Calculus > Maclaurin series

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Trig Reps

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Can you deduce the familiar properties of the sine and cosine functions starting from these three different mathematical representations?

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Towards Maclaurin

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Build series for the sine and cosine functions by adding one term at a time, alternately making the approximation too big then too small but getting ever closer.

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Taking Trigonometry Series-ly

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Look at the advanced way of viewing sin and cos through their power series.

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Bessel's Equation

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Get further into power series using the fascinating Bessel's equation.

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What Do Functions Do for Tiny X?

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Looking at small values of functions. Motivating the existence of the Taylor expansion.


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