Questions tagged [taylor-series]
Taylor series is a method to analyze functions as polynomials.
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About the uniqueness of the Taylor polynomial [closed]
I'm in trouble understanding this theorem:
For a given function, differentiable n times at a given point $x_0$, there exist a unique polynomial $P_n$ (of degree $\le$n) such that
$$\forall \; k=0,...,...
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Can the coefficients of a Taylor series be expressed as rational functions for an affine variety?
Let $k$ be an algebraically closed field and $V \subseteq k^n$ an affine variety corresponding to a prime ideal $P \subseteq k[t_1, \dots, t_n]$. For $x\in V$ let $O_x = \{p/q \mid p,q\in k[t_1, \dots,...
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Jaw-breaking sum (related to quasi-analytic decompositions of unity — and Hörmander’s Lemma 1.3.6 from LinPDE vol.1)
$$F\left(\frac 1{\text e}\right) ≈ 1-\frac 1{\text e};\qquad\text{here }F(z)≔\sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{(k-1)^{k-1}}{k!}z^k.$$
The match is at least with 800 decimal places (checked with ...
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Uniformization and constructive analytic continuation of Taylor-Maclaurin series
Context. In their paper, "Uniformization and Constructive Analytic Continuation of Taylor Series", Costin and Dunne present a constructive method to greatly increase the accuracy of a ...
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Does $C^{k,s-k}$ function with lipschitz lower order derivatives give a certain bound on the Taylor remainder?
Let $\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}$ be open (not necessarily an interval). Let $ s > 0$ and $k \in \mathbb{N}_0$ be such that $s \in (k, k+1]$. Suppose that
$f \colon \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ is an ...
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Transformation converting power series to Bernoulli polynomial series
I wonder, can anyone describe an expression or formula of a transform that converts
$$\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{a_k x^k}{k!}$$
into
$$\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{a_k B_k(x)}{k!}$$
where $B_k(x)$ are ...
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How to express a quadratic polynomial exactly as a power series [closed]
I claim, for $\operatorname{artanh}(\rho) = \frac{1}{2} \ln\left(\frac{1+\rho}{1-\rho}\right)$, i.e., the inverse hyperbolic tangent function, the following holds approximately under assumptions given ...
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Multi-variate Picard-Lindelöf? Convergence of analytic PDEs (w/ commutative partial derivatives & value at a base point)
I am looking for a theorem to give existence and uniqueness of solutions to PDEs of the following form.
Find an analytic $u : \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}^m$ satisfying the equations $\partial_{x_i}u =...
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Roots of truncations of $ e^x - 1$
During a talk I was at today, the speaker mentioned that if you truncate the Taylor series for $e^x - 1$, you'll get lots of roots with nonzero real part, even though the full Taylor series only has ...
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Taylor series of incomplete elliptic integral of first kind
Say I have an incomplete elliptic integral of first kind of the form
$$F(\varphi(z), k(z))=\int_0^{\varphi(z)} \frac{d \theta}{\sqrt{1-k(z)^2 \sin ^2 \theta}}$$
where each arguments are function of ...
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Multivariate Taylor Series equals iterated univariate Taylor Series
I am asking myself wether the following fact is true:
Let $f(x_1,\ldots,x_k) \colon U \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n \to \mathbb{R}$ be a multivariate function.
Do the multivariate Taylor series $$MT_{f}(x_1,\...
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Lower bound of $\frac{f(x)}{x^{n+1}}$
Let $f:[0,a]\to \Bbb{R}_{\geq 0}$ be real analytic, $a<1$. Furthermore, $f(0) = 0$ and $f$ is strictly increasing on $[0,a]$. Let $n\in \Bbb{N}$ be the smallest positive integer such that $f^{(n)}(...
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Antiderivatives via Taylor series and the FT of Calculus
If $f$ is a real function on an interval $[a,b]$ such that
$f$ is computationally tractable on $[a,b]$: you can calculate $f(x)$ to $n$ bits of precision using an algorithm which is polynomial in $n$ ...
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Estimate for tail of power series of exponential function?
I would like to have an estimate for the infinite series
$$
\sum_{k=B}^\infty \frac{A^k}{k!},
$$
where $A$ is a large positive quantity and $B$ is just a little bit bigger than $A$, namely, $B = A + C ...
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Exponential-like function equivalent for the Dixonian Elliptics
Is there some exponential-like function that acts as partner for the intricate Dixonian Elliptics, in a similar way that the Exponential function acts as a partner for the trigonometric functions ?
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Integration algorithm and analytic property
This question is the continuation of the previous one.
In the article about the integration of analytical polynomial - time computable function $f(x)$ with the Taylor series $$f(x) = \sum_{n=0}^{\...
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Small phase approximation
Does anyone known how to prove that if $|\phi_k (r)| \ll 1$ for all $r$ and all $k=1,...,n\,$, the following equation
$$ S=\left|\int_0^\infty A(r)e^{-i[\phi_0(r)+\sum_{k=1}^n \phi_k(r)]} dr \right|^2 ...
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Do we have tetration uniqueness by $ A = \inf \sum_n a_n^2 $?
Let $f$ be a real analytic (on at least $|x|<2$) and real solution of the functional equation $f(0) = 1,f(x+1) = \exp(f(x))$. For the existence of such $f$, see here.
Then
$$
f(x) = \sum_n a_n x^n ;...
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Taylor expansion theorem for Gateaux differentiable functions
I am having a hard time studying Gateaux derivatives (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateaux_derivative), it seems that every author mentions the concept but only as a cliffhanger to study Fréchet ...
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What's the summation of formal series $\sum_{n\geq0}\binom{n\delta}{n}x^n$？
$\delta$ is a positive number. Is this Taylor expansion of some function?
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Jet at a singular point or a submanifold
Let $M$ be a smooth manifold, $p\in M$ and $f\in C^\infty(M\setminus\{p\})$.
We will say that $f$ has a power-law singularity at $p$ of order $\eta$ if for every smooth immersion $\gamma:(-1,1)\to M$ ...
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Could the patterns in the roots of the Riemann-Liouville differintegral of $(s-1)\,L(s, \chi_{q,j})$ be explained?
This question aims to extend this question to (automorphic) Dirichlet L-functions.
Take: $$f(s,q,j) = (s-1)\,L(s, \chi_{q,j})$$
with $q$ the modulus and $j$ the index of a character $\chi$. A fast way ...
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Other expansion for positive Taylor expansion
I was thinking of the following problem. Let $f$ be a Taylor expansion and $a_k$ the associated coefficients,
$$\forall x\in\mathbb{R},~f(x)\triangleq\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_kx^k.$$
Let suppose that we ...
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Is there a restriction on the structure of the set of points where all derivatives of a $C^\infty$ real function are 0? [duplicate]
Let $f$ be an infinitely differentiable real function and let $Z(f)$ denote the set of points on which all derivatives of $f$ vanish. It is not hard to describe an $f$ such that $Z(f)$ is any ...
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Fourier series of an arbitrary function of a cosine function
Is there a general expression for the Fourier series of the function $f(a\cos(\omega t))$ in terms of the derivatives of $f$? Obviously, the function can be expressed as a Maclaurin series $f(0)+af'(0)...
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$f(f(z)) = z , f(\exp(z)) = \exp(f(z)) $?
While talking about tetration with my friend the following idea (re)occured.
$$f(f(z)) = z ,\quad f(\exp(z)) = \exp(f(z)) \tag{A}\label{A}$$
or variations of it like the weaker
$$f(f(f(f(z)))) = z ,\...
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Taylor expansion of Stieltjes Transform
I'm trying to derive a very basic result stated in several books on random matrix theory (e.g. Terry Tao's book and Potters & Bouchaud's book).
Given a symmetric matrix $A \in \mathbb{R}^{N \times ...
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Convex minorants to convex functions, given partial Taylor expansion and smoothness estimate
Let $V$ denote a strictly convex function (in arbitrary dimension) whose Hessian is $L$-Lipschitz. Given only this knowledge, and the values of $\left\{ V \left( x \right), \nabla V \left( x \right), \...
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Linear approximation of multivariate function of bounded second order partial derivatives
I have a question about linear approximation in the multivariate case.\
Let $f:B^d_r\to \mathbb{R}$ be a real-valued $C^2$-function defined on the $d$-dimensional ball of radius $r$ centered at the ...
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Estimating the bound of the integral over whole $\mathbb{R}$ of the Taylor remainder term?
Let $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a smooth function which has a smooth inverse and satisfies the estimate
\begin{equation}
\lvert f(x) \rvert \leq \lvert x \rvert.
\end{equation}
Also, let $d\mu$ ...
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Is this a valid method of extending convergence of the Maclaurin series for $\frac{x}{x+1}$ from $|x|<1$ to $\Re(x)>-1$?
I originally asked this question on Math StackExchange a few months ago and no answers or even comments have yet been posted, so I'm asking this question again here on Math OverFlow.
This Math ...
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A problem on monotonicity rule for the ratio of two Maclaurin power series
In the paper [1] below, a monotonicity rule for the ratio of two Maclaurin power series was presented as follow.
Let $a_k$ and $b_k$ for $k\in\{0\}\cup\mathbb{N}$ be real numbers and
the power series ...
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What or where is the series expansion of the function $\ln\bigl(\frac{\tan x}{x}-1\bigr)$ or $\ln(\tan x-x)$ around $x=0$?
It is known that
\begin{equation*}
\tan x=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{2^{2k}\bigl(2^{2k}-1\bigr)}{(2k)!}|B_{2k}|x^{2k-1}, \quad |x|<\frac{\pi}{2}
\end{equation*}
and
\begin{equation*}
\ln\tan x=\ln x+\...
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Lower bound for variance of ratio of dependent random variables
I'm trying to find a lower bound on $\text{Var}(X / Y)$ for dependent random variables $X, Y \in [0, 1]$ with $X \leq Y$.
More specifically, $X$ and $Y$ are defined as follows:
Let $h, n \in \mathbb{N}...
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Computing $_2F_2(a,a,a+1,a+1,z)$ (hypergeometric function)
Trying to implement the derivative of the gamma incomplete function, I encountered the hypergeometric function $_2F_2(a,a,a+1,a+1; z=-x)$, where $x$ would always be a positive real (and thus $z$ a ...
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A holomorphic function in the open unit disk satisfying certain properties
Does there exist a function which is holomorphic in $|z|<1,$ continuous in $|z|\leq1$ and such that the series $\sum |a_n|$ is divergent, where $a_n$'s coefficients in the Taylor series expansion ...
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Integral representation of higher order derivatives
I'm quite curious about the following phenomena, that still puzzle me although I have a proof, and I'd be really glad if someone may shred some light, showing an interpretation or a generalization. I ...
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What is the meaning of big-O of a random variable?
I encountered this problem in a book "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Christopher M. Bishop. I excerpt it below:
screenshot of the book
In the excerpt, the big-O notation $O(\xi^...
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Family of functions with prescribed derivatives
Suppose $f: \mathbb C \times (-1,1) \to \mathbb C$ is a smooth function that satisfies $f(0,t)=1$ for all $t\in (-1,1)$. Assume that for any $k\in \mathbb N$, any $z \in \mathbb C$ and any $t \in (-1,...
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Exponential taylor series for multiple variables with linear constraints for coefficients
I'm trying to simplify the sum
$$
\sum_{\vec x \in (\mathbb{N}_0)^n: M\vec x = \vec b} \prod_i \frac{(a_i)^{x_i}}{x_i!},
$$
where $M$ is a $\mathbb{N}_0$-valued $m\times n$ matrix, $\vec b$ is $\...
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Taylor series on a Riemannian manifold
I need some help for the following problem.
Let $M$ a riemannian manifold and $f$ a smooth differential function, then consider the following integral $$\int_M \Gamma(x,y)(f(y)-f(x))dV_y$$
where $dV_y$...
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Showing bound $\|\nabla_t \dot{\tilde{x}}_Y(h, 0)\| \le L \|Y\|_{2, \infty}$ for smooth homotopies of geodesics
This question pertains to Lemma 3.5 of this article. Let $M$ be a smooth Riemannian manifold and $\gamma$ some geodesic with respect to the Levi-Civita connection $\nabla$. For any $C^2$ vector field $...
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Probabilistic Taylor theorem for concave functions
This paper proves a probabilistic version of Taylor's theorem
\begin{equation*}
\mathbb{E}g(X) = \sum_{k=0}^{n-1} \frac{g^{(k)}(0)}{k!} \mathbb{E}X^k + \frac{\mathbb{E}X^n}{n!} \mathbb{E} g^{(n)}(X_{(...
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Asymptotics to Taylor expansions?
I posted a question on MSE about approximating Taylor series but Despite a bounty I did not receive any answers or comments.
Maybe you guys can help.
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1440931/...
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Expressing a vector valued function in terms of its derivatives
Consider a function
$$
f:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^m
$$
given by $m$ functions $f_i:\mathbb{R}^n\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ that we can assume to be polynomials in $x_1,\dots,x_n$.
Does there ...
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Weaker version of the Borel lemma for vector-valued functions
Borel's lemma for Frechét-spaces $V$ says:
(i) For every $(v_j)_{j \in \mathbb{N}} \in V^\mathbb{N}$ there exists a smooth $f: \mathbb{R} \to V$ such that
$$f^{(j)}(0) = v_j.$$
For general locally ...
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Taylor series with less than differentiability
I have a function $f^0\colon (0;\infty) \to \mathbb R$ with the property that the following limit exists and is finite
$$
F^1 := \lim_{x\to \infty} x \cdot f^0(x)
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Then I consider $f^1(x) := x \cdot ...
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The Basel problem revisited?
In the Basel problem, the $sinc$ function is considered at the Wikipedia page.
Let me try to make an alternative function definition:
$$f(x) = \prod_{n=1}^\infty \left ( 1+ \frac{x^3}{n^3} \right ) = \...
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What characterizes rational functions with nonnegative integer Taylor coefficients?
I believe that there is a statement along the following lines (I would, of course, love to be corrected): a formal power series is the Taylor expansion of a rational function if and only if the ...
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Estimating the growth of the Taylor coefficients given the growth of the function at the boundary
Let $f(z)=\sum a_nz^n$ be a Taylor series that converges for $|z|<1$ and satisfies
$$
|f(z)|\le \frac{1}{(1-|z|)^{k}}
$$
for some fixed $k>0$.
Question: What can I deduce about the growth of the ...
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