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Ch. 11 - Power Series
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 11, Problema 11.4.8

Limits Evaluate the following limits using Taylor series.
lim ₓ→₀ (tan ⁻¹ x − x)/x³"

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Recognize that the problem asks to evaluate the limit \( \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\tan^{-1} x - x}{x^3} \) using Taylor series expansions.
Recall the Taylor series expansion of \( \tan^{-1} x \) around \( x = 0 \): \[ \tan^{-1} x = x - \frac{x^3}{3} + \frac{x^5}{5} - \cdots \]
Substitute the Taylor series expansion into the numerator: \[ \tan^{-1} x - x = \left(x - \frac{x^3}{3} + \cdots \right) - x = - \frac{x^3}{3} + \cdots \]
Rewrite the original limit expression using this substitution: \[ \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\tan^{-1} x - x}{x^3} = \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{- \frac{x^3}{3} + \cdots}{x^3} \]
Simplify the fraction by dividing each term by \( x^3 \), then evaluate the limit by letting \( x \to 0 \), which will eliminate higher order terms, leaving the coefficient of the leading term.

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