009C Sample Final 3, Problem 6

Consider the power series

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(a) Find the radius of convergence of the above power series.

(b) Find the interval of convergence of the above power series.

(c) Find the closed formula for the function  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle f(x)}   to which the power series converges.

(d) Does the series

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converge? If so, find its sum.

Foundations:

Solution:

(a)

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(b)

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(c)

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(d)

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Final Answer:
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