If f is a continous real-valued function defined on the closed interval [a,b], then for every $x$ $\in$ [a,b] and given any $\epsilon > 0$, there exists a polynomial
$p $ $ \ \exists \forall x \epsilon$ [a,b]
$|f(x) - p(x)| < \epsilon $
$p_n(x) = a_0 + a_1x + …….+ a_n x^n$
In other words,
We can approximate $f(x)$ by a polynomial $p(x)$ .
consider $\sin (x)$ . If we can find a polynomial $f^n$ to approximate $\sin x$, then we are done.
The question is how to obtain such a polynomial?
We have to look at a series.
An ordered arrangements of certain objects.
Example: Alphabet: A,B,C……$\Z$
These 26 letters come in that specific order.
Rainbow colours: V I B G Y O R
Prime numbers:
2,3,5,7,11,13…………
Even numbers:
2,4,6,8,10,……………….
Two things we have to observe.
Sequence may be finite or infinite.
Viz $ 1,3,5,………………99$
The number of terms can be arbitrarily large.
i.e. Choose any large number $N$, The number of terms in the sequence in $ > N$.
Example:
i.e. given any $k$, $2^k$ belongs to the above sequence.
The second issue is whether the sequence has a limit.
1,2,3,……. sequence of natural numbers. Does it have a limit?
$2^k : k = 1,2,………..$ Does not have any limit.
$ 1 + \frac {1}{k}$, $k = 1,2,3,……..$
$k = 1$, the value is $2$
$k = 2$, the value is $1 + \frac {1}{2} = 1.5$
$\vdots$
$k = 10 = 1.1$
$k = 100 = 1.01$
$k = 1000 = 1.001$
It is always $> 1$, but as $k$ increases, it is close to $1.$
Consider $(-1)^n$
$(-1)^1 , (-1)^2, (-1)^3, (-1)^4,…………..$
$= -1, +1, -1, +1,………………$
$\therefore$ As $n$ increases the values of the sequence are not converging to any value $r.$
$\therefore$ This sequence also does not have any limit.
Given a sequence
$a_1, a_2, a_3$,………….
Where $a_k$ is the $k^{th}$ term of the sequence.
The Summation $a_1 + a_2 + a_3 +……………$
or $\underset {k=1,2,3…..}\sum a_k$ is called the series.
If the sequence is finite and the $a_k$ are numeric then we can obtain the value of the series or sum of the series.
In fact you have seen A.P, G.P, etc and we have obtained the sum of the first $n$ terms.
What happens if the sequence is infinite?
Example: $a_k = 2^k$
$a_k = 5 - 2k$
$a_k = \sin (2k \pi)$
$a_k = \sin \frac {1}{2k \frac{\pi}{2}}$
The series will be $\underset {k=1} \sum^{\infty} a_k.$
If the series is infinite does it converge to some value?
Solution:
we try to answer it the following way:
Let $S_n = \underset {k=1} \sum^{n} a_k$
This is called the $n^{\text{th}}$ partial sum.
$S_1 = a_1$
$S_2 = a_1 + a_2$
$S_3 = a_1 + a_2 + a_3$
$S_n = a_1 + a_2 + …+ a_n$
Thus, we generate a sequence $S_1, S_2, ……., S_n$
This series will be convergent if the corresponding sequence of partial sums $S_1, S_2, ……., S_n$ has a limit.
$G_k = k$
Then $S_n = 1 + 2 + ….+ n = \frac {n(n+1)}{2}$
As $n\longrightarrow \infty$ , The $S_n \longrightarrow \infty$
$\therefore $ The series $\underset {k=1} \sum ^ {\infty}$ k does not converge.
$G_k = (-1)k$
$a_1 = -1 , \quad S_1 = -1$
$a_2 = +1 , \quad S_1 = 0$
$a_3 = -1, \quad S_3 = -1$
$a_4 = +1, \quad S_4 = 0$
This series does not converge.
Let us consider G.P
$a, ar, ar^2, ar^3,…………$
i.e. the $k^{th}$ term $= a r^{k-1}$
$S_k = a + ar + ar^2 + …….+ ar^{k-1}$
$\therefore r S_k = - ar + - ar^2 + …..+ a r^{k-1} + a r^{k}$
i.e. $S_k - r S_k = a - a r^k = a(1-r^k)$ $(1-r)S_k = a(1-r^k)$
$S_k = \frac {a(1-r^k)}{1-r}$
We find that for the G.P
$ S_k = \frac {a(1-r^k)}{1-r} , or, \frac {a (r^k-1)}{r-1}$
What happens if k$\longrightarrow \infty$
Consider $\underset {k\longrightarrow \infty}\lim \frac {a(1-r^k)}{1-r}$
if |r| < 1 then we know $r^k \longrightarrow$ 0
$\frac {a(1-r^k)}{1-r} \longrightarrow \frac {a}{1-r} as, k \longrightarrow \infty$
On the other hand if $|r| > 1$
then $r^k \longrightarrow \infty$
$\therefore \underset {k \rightarrow \infty}\lim \frac {a(r^k -1)}{r-1} \rightarrow \infty$
The series does not converge.
If we look at $a, ar, ar^2 + …………$
$\equiv a(1 + r + r^2 + ……..)$
It will converge if $|r| < 1$ else it will diverge.
$1 + r + r^2 + ………….$
where does it converge $\frac {a(1-r^k)}{1-r}$ G.P series upto $k$ term.
If $|r| < 1$ the series sum will be $\frac {a}{1-r}$
In particular , keeping $a = 1 $
we can say:
$1 + r + r^2 + r^3 + …….= \frac {1}{1-r}$
$\therefore$ We can say :
$(1-r)^{-1} = 1 + r + r^2 + ……….$
for $|r| < 1$
What is $(1+r)^{-1}?$
We are looking at $(1+r)^{-1}$
We can write it as : $(1-(-r))^{-1}$
$\therefore$ Putting $r = -r$ in the series expansion.
$(1+r)^{-1} = 1 + (-r) + (-r)^2 + (-r)^3 + ………$
$ = 1 - r + r^2 - r^3 + r^4……….$
$|r| < 1$
Have you seen similar expression before?
Binomial expansion: What is $(1+r)^n \leftarrow$
$= 1 +{ }^nC_1 r +{ }^nC_2 r^2 + …….+ { }^nC_n r^n$
Where ${ }^nC_k$ = $\frac {n!}{k!(n-k)!}$
Here $n$ is a positive integer.
Today we have seen
we could compute their value if $|r| < 1.$