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Power Series Chapter 6 Power Series Power series are one of the most useful type of series in analysis. For example, we can use them to define transcendental functions such as the exponential and trigonometric functions (and many other less familiar functions). 6.1. Introduction A power series (centered at 0) is a series of the form X1 n 2 n anx = a0 + a1x + a2x + ··· + anx + :::: n=0 where the an are some coefficients. If all but finitely many of the an are zero, then the power series is a polynomial function, but if infinitely many of the an are nonzero, then we need to consider the convergence of the power series. The basic facts are these: Every power series has a radius of convergence 0 ≤ R ≤ 1, which depends on the coefficients an. The power series converges absolutely in jxj < R and diverges in jxj > R, and the convergence is uniform on every interval jxj < ρ where 0 ≤ ρ < R. If R > 0, the sum of the power series is infinitely differentiable in jxj < R, and its derivatives are given by differentiating the original power series term-by-term. Power series work just as well for complex numbers as real numbers, and are in fact best viewed from that perspective, but we restrict our attention here to real-valued power series. 1 2 R Definition 6.1. Let (an)n=0 be a sequence of real numbers and c . The power series centered at c with coefficients an is the series X1 n an(x − c) : n=0 73 74 6. Power Series Here are some power series centered at 0: X1 xn = 1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4 + :::; n=0 1 X 1 1 1 1 xn = 1 + x + x2 + x3 + x4 + :::; n! 2 6 24 n=0 X1 (n!)xn = 1 + x + 2x2 + 6x3 + 24x4 + :::; n=0 X1 n (−1)nx2 = x − x2 + x4 − x8 + ::: ; n=0 and here is a power series centered at 1: 1 X (−1)n+1 1 1 1 (x − 1)n = (x − 1) − (x − 1)2 + (x − 1)3 − (x − 1)4 + :::: n 2 3 4 n=1 The power series in Definition 6.1 is a formal expression, since we have not said anything about its convergence. By changing variables x 7! (x − c), we can assume without loss of generality that a power series is centered at 0, and we will do so when it's convenient. 6.2. Radius of convergence First, we prove that every power series has a radius of convergence. Theorem 6.2. Let X1 n an(x − c) n=0 be a power series. There is an 0 ≤ R ≤ 1 such that the series converges absolutely for 0 ≤ jx − cj < R and diverges for jx − cj > R. Furthermore, if 0 ≤ ρ < R, then the power series converges uniformly on the interval jx − cj ≤ ρ, and the sum of the series is continuous in jx − cj < R. Proof. Assume without loss of generality that c = 0 (otherwise, replace x by x−c). Suppose the power series X1 n anx0 n=0 converges for some x0 2 R with x0 =6 0. Then its terms converge to zero, so they are bounded and there exists M ≥ 0 such that j nj ≤ anx0 M for n = 0; 1; 2;:::: If jxj < jx j, then 0 n n n x n x janx j = janx j ≤ Mr ; r = < 1: 0 x x 0 0 P n ComparingP the power series with the convergent geometric series Mr , we see n that anx is absolutely convergent. Thus, if the power series converges for some x0 2 R, then it converges absolutely for every x 2 R with jxj < jx0j. 6.2. Radius of convergence 75 Let n X o n R = sup jxj ≥ 0 : anx converges : If R = 0, then the series converges only for x = 0. If R > 0, then the series converges absolutely for every x 2 R with jxj < R, because it converges for some x0 2 R with jxj < jx0j < R. Moreover, the definition of R implies that the series diverges for every x 2 R with jxj > R. If R = 1, then the series converges for all x 2 R. Finally,P let 0 ≤ ρ < R and suppose jxj ≤ ρ. Choose σ > 0 such that ρ < σ < R. n n Then janσ j converges, so janσ j ≤ M, and therefore n n n n x n ρ n janx j = janσ j ≤ janσ j ≤ Mr ; P σ σ where r = ρ/σ < 1. Since Mrn < 1, the M-test (Theorem 5.22) implies that the series converges uniformly on jxj ≤ ρ, and then it follows from Theorem 5.16 that the sum is continuous on jxj ≤ ρ. Since this holds for every 0 ≤ ρ < R, the sum is continuous in jxj < R. The following definition therefore makes sense for every power series. Definition 6.3. If the power series X1 n an(x − c) n=0 converges for jx − cj < R and diverges for jx − cj > R, then 0 ≤ R ≤ 1 is called the radius of convergence of the power series. Theorem 6.2 does not say what happens at the endpoints x = c ± R, and in general the power series may converge or diverge there. We refer to the set of all points where the power series converges as its interval of convergence, which is one of (c − R; c + R); (c − R; c + R]; [c − R; c + R); [c − R; c + R]: We will not discuss any general theorems about the convergence of power series at the endpoints (e.g. the Abel theorem). Theorem 6.2 does not give an explicit expression for the radius of convergence of a power series in terms of its coefficients. The ratio test gives a simple, but useful, way to compute the radius of convergence, although it doesn't apply to every power series. Theorem 6.4. Suppose that a =6 0 for all sufficiently large n and the limit n a R = lim n !1 n an+1 exists or diverges to infinity. Then the power series X1 n an(x − c) n=0 has radius of convergence R. 76 6. Power Series Proof. Let a (x − c)n+1 a r = lim n+1 = jx − cj lim n+1 : !1 n !1 n an(x − c) n an By the ratio test, the power series converges if 0 ≤ r < 1, or jx − cj < R, and diverges if 1 < r ≤ 1, or jx − cj > R, which proves the result. The root test gives an expression for the radius of convergence of a general power series. Theorem 6.5 (Hadamard). The radius of convergence R of the power series X1 n an(x − c) n=0 is given by 1 R = j j1=n lim supn!1 an where R = 0 if the lim sup diverges to 1, and R = 1 if the lim sup is 0. Proof. Let n 1=n 1=n r = lim sup jan(x − c) j = jx − cj lim sup janj : n!1 n!1 By the root test, the series converges if 0 ≤ r < 1, or jx − cj < R, and diverges if 1 < r ≤ 1, or jx − cj > R, which proves the result. This theorem provides an alternate proof of Theorem 6.2 from the root test; in fact, our proof of Theorem 6.2 is more-or-less a proof of the root test. 6.3. Examples of power series We consider a number of examples of power series and their radii of convergence. Example 6.6. The geometric series X1 xn = 1 + x + x2 + ::: n=0 has radius of convergence 1 R = lim = 1: n!1 1 so it converges for jxj < 1, to 1=(1 − x), and diverges for jxj > 1. At x = 1, the series becomes 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + ::: and at x = −1 it becomes 1 − 1 + 1 − 1 + 1 − :::; so the series diverges at both endpoints x = ±1. Thus, the interval of convergence of the power series is (−1; 1). The series converges uniformly on [−ρ, ρ] for every 0 ≤ ρ < 1 but does not converge uniformly on (−1; 1) (see Example 5.20. Note that although the function 1=(1 − x) is well-defined for all x =6 1, the power series only converges to it when jxj < 1. 6.3. Examples of power series 77 Example 6.7. The series 1 X 1 1 1 1 xn = x + x2 + x3 + x4 + ::: n 2 3 4 n=1 has radius of convergence ( ) 1=n 1 R = lim = lim 1 + = 1: n!1 1=(n + 1) n!1 n At x = 1, the series becomes the harmonic series 1 X 1 1 1 1 = 1 + + + + :::; n 2 3 4 n=1 which diverges, and at x = −1 it is minus the alternating harmonic series 1 X (−1)n 1 1 1 = −1 + − + − :::; n 2 3 4 n=1 which converges, but not absolutely. Thus the interval of convergence of the power series is [−1; 1). The series converges uniformly on [−ρ, ρ] for every 0 ≤ ρ < 1 but does not converge uniformly on (−1; 1). Example 6.8. The power series 1 X 1 1 1 xn = 1 + x + x + x3 + ::: n! 2! 3! n=0 has radius of convergence 1=n! (n + 1)! R = lim = lim = lim (n + 1) = 1; n!1 1=(n + 1)! n!1 n! n!1 so it converges for all x 2 R. Its sum provides a definition of the exponential function exp : R ! R. (See Section 6.5.) Example 6.9.
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