Deduce THIS!

Dec 14, 2006 20:57

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joshua_green December 15 2006, 02:08:15 UTC
Can you take advantage of the fact that sin is an odd function?

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theworstljever_ December 15 2006, 02:11:03 UTC
Ah. Indeed, you can...

sin(-x) = -sin(x)

Excellent! Thank you.

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maynard_lover December 15 2006, 05:37:28 UTC
AH SERIES!!! *covers eyes* MAKE IT GO AWAY!!! I DON'T WANT TO REMEMBER THEM!!!

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joshua_green December 15 2006, 18:52:29 UTC
How can formulas like
    π/4 = 1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + ... + (-1)n/(2n + 1) + ...
    π2/6 = 1 + 1/4 + 1/9 + 1/16 + ... + 1/n2 + ...
    ln(2) = 1 - 1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 + ... + (-1)n-1/n + ...
not make you happy?

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maynard_lover December 16 2006, 09:00:17 UTC
Because they made me have a B in Calc. II. :*( In fact, I was relatively close to making a C. Series kicked my ass.

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astarcambiata December 15 2006, 23:48:08 UTC
Another easy way to find the series for ln(1-sin x) is to take the ln(1-x) series (easily derived from integrating the common geometric series term by term) and substitute sin x for x.
That way's actually the fastest method to get any ln(1 +/- something in terms of x) into a Maclaurin series expansion.

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