The series expansion for on is

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · AP · Calculus BC · Infinite Sequences and Series · Infinite Sequences and Series

Problem

The series expansion for arctan⁡x\arctan x on ∣x∣≤1|x|\le 1 is x−x33+x55−⋯x-\dfrac{x^{3}}{3}+\dfrac{x^{5}}{5}-\cdots. Using only the cubic polynomial x−x33x-\dfrac{x^{3}}{3}, determine all real numbers xx in the interval [0,1][0,1] for which the magnitude of the remainder is less than 0.010.01. Give the largest such value of xx correct to two decimal places.

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