Why does the integrated cosine series become the sine series?
Conditions
- The starting series is the Maclaurin series for .
- Term-by-term integration is justified by the DCT.
- The factorial identity is applied.
Reasoning, step by step
- Write the cosine series: .
- Integrate term-by-term to get .
- Simplify the denominator using to obtain .
- Compare this result to the known Maclaurin series for , which is .
- Conclude that the integrated series is exactly the sine series.
Example
The speaker says this power series is recognizable as the power series for sine of x.
Common misconceptions
- Assuming that the derivative of the cosine series is the sine series, rather than the integral.
- Forgetting the alternating sign when comparing the integrated series to the sine series.
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