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Ch. 11 - Power Series
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 11, Problema 11.3.3

Find a Taylor series for f centered at 2 given that f⁽ᵏ⁾(2)=1, for all nonnegative integers k.

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Recall the general formula for the Taylor series of a function \(f\) centered at \(a\): \[f(x) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{f^{(k)}(a)}{k!} (x - a)^k,\] where \(f^{(k)}(a)\) is the \(k\)-th derivative of \(f\) evaluated at \(a\).
In this problem, the center is \(a = 2\), and we are given that for all nonnegative integers \(k\), \[f^{(k)}(2) = 1.\]
Substitute the given derivative values into the Taylor series formula: \[f(x) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k!} (x - 2)^k.\]
Recognize that this series matches the expansion of the exponential function \(e^y = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{y^k}{k!}\), where \(y = x - 2\).
Therefore, the Taylor series for \(f\) centered at 2 can be expressed as \[f(x) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{(x - 2)^k}{k!}.\] This is the series representation of \(e^{x-2}\), but since the problem only asks for the Taylor series, this summation form is the key result.

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