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## Taylor series calculator with steps

The online Taylor series calculator is used to solve the Taylor series of the given function around the center point. Our Taylor calculator provides step by step solution for a given function. This Taylor series expansion calculator is also used to specify the order of the Taylor polynomial.

## calculator work?

Follow the below steps to find the Taylor series of functions.

• Enter the function i.e., sinx, cosx, e^x, etc.
• Enter the order of the function and the central value or point.
• Hit the calculate button to get the expansion of the given function.
• Click the reset button if you want to calculate another value.
• Click the show more button to view the result with steps.

## What is the Taylor series?

“In mathematics, Taylor series is an expression of a function for which the differentiation of all orders exists at a point “a” in the domain of “f” in the form of the power series.”

The Taylor series of a function is infinite of terms that are expressed in terms of the derivatives of the function at a single point.
(Source: Wikipedia)

### Formula

The formula for Taylor series expansion is:

$F\left(x\right)=\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }\left(\frac{f^n\left(a\right)}{n!}\left(x-a\right)^n\right)$

In the formula of Taylor series, $f^n\left(a\right)$ is the nth order of the given function, “a” is a particular point or center point of the function, and “n” is the order.
The Taylor series can be finite or infinite depending on the order of the expression. This Taylor polynomial calculator works according to the above expansion formula.

## How to calculate the Taylor series?

Here is an example solved by our Taylor expansion calculator.

Example

Find Taylor series of sinx up to order four and the center point is 3.

Solution

Step 1: Identify the given terms.

f(x) = sin(x)
n = 4
a = 3

Step 2: Now write the Taylor series expansion formula for n=4 & a=3.

$F\left(x\right)=\sum _{n=0}^4\left(\frac{f^n\left(a\right)}{n!}\left(x-a\right)^n\right)$

$F\left(x\right)=\frac{f\left(a\right)}{0!}\left(x-3\right)^0+\frac{f\:'\left(a\right)}{1!}\left(x-3\right)^1+\frac{f\:''\left(a\right)}{2!}\left(x-3\right)^2+\frac{f\:'''\left(a\right)}{3!}\left(x-3\right)^3+\frac{f^{iv}\left(a\right)}{4!}\left(x-3\right)^4$ …(1)

Step 3: Now calculate the derivative of sinx up to order four.

$f\left(a\right)=sin\left(a\right)$

$f'\left(a\right)=cos\left(a\right)$

$f''\left(a\right)=-sin\left(a\right)$

$f'''\left(a\right)=-cos\left(a\right)$

$f^{iv}\left(a\right)=sin\left(a\right)$

Step 4: Now expand the above formula up to n=4.

For n = 0

$\frac{sin\left(3\right)}{0!}\left(x-3\right)^0=sin\left(3\right)$

For n = 1

$\frac{cos\left(3\right)}{1!}\left(x-3\right)^1=\left(x-3\right)cos\left(3\right)$

For n = 2

$\frac{-\sin \left(3\right)}{2!}\left(x-3\right)^2=-\frac{1}{2}\left(x-3\right)^2\sin \left(3\right)$

For n = 3

$\frac{-cos\left(3\right)}{3!}\left(x-3\right)^3=-\frac{1}{6}\left(x-3\right)^3cos\left(3\right)$

For n = 4

$\frac{sin\left(3\right)}{4!}\left(x-3\right)^4=\frac{1}{24}\left(x-3\right)^4sin\left(3\right)$

Step 5: Now put the above calculated values in (1).

$F\left(x\right)=sin\left(3\right)+\left(x-3\right)cos\left(3\right)-\frac{1}{2}\left(x-3\right)^2sin\left(3\right)-\frac{1}{6}\left(x-3\right)^3cos\left(3\right)+\frac{1}{24}\left(x-3\right)^4sin\left(3\right)$

## Table of some Taylor series expansions of functions

Some of the functions solved by this Taylor approximation calculator are given in the below table.

 Taylor series for Output e^x $\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }\left(\frac{x^n}{n!}\right)$ cosx $\sum _{n=0}^{\infty \:}\left(-1\right)^n\frac{x^{2n}}{\left(2n\right)!}$ ln(1+x) $\sum _{n=1}^{\infty \:}\left(-1\right)^{n+1}\frac{x^n}{n}$ 1/(1+x) $1-x+x^2-x^3+x^4+\ldots$ 1/(1-x) $\sum _{n=0}^{\infty \:}x^n$

## References:

Taylor series | Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.)

Example of Taylor series | Tutorial.math.lamar.edu (n.d.)

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