Question #cf120

1 Answer
Aug 23, 2017

The answer is =1+1/2x^2-1/8x^4+1/16x^6+......

Explanation:

The Taylor series is

(1+x)^n=1+n/(1!)x+(n(n-1))/(2!)x^2+(n(n-1)(n-2))/(3!)x^3+...

Therefore,

(1+x^2)^(1/2)=1+1/2x^2+((1/2)*(-1/2))/2x^4+......

=1+1/2x^2-1/8x^4+1/16x^6+......