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(a) Show that the function $f(x)=x^3+x^2-2$ has a local minimum at $x=0$. (b) Expand this function in a Taylor series around the point $x=0$, up to the fourth-order term (the term in $x^4$ ). (c) If we keep terms only to order $x^2$, what is the range in $x$ for which our error is less than $10 \%$ ?

   (a) Show that the function $f(x)=x^3+x^2-2$ has a local minimum at $x=0$. 
(b) Expand this function in a Taylor series around the point $x=0$, up to the fourth-order term (the term in $x^4$ ).
(c) If we keep terms only to order $x^2$, what is the range in $x$ for which our error is less than $10 \%$ ?
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An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
An Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
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(a) Show that the function $f(x)=x^3+x^2-2$ has a local minimum at $x=0$. (b) Expand this function in a Taylor series around the point $x=0$, up to the fourth-order term (the term in $x^4$ ). (c) If we keep terms only to order $x^2$, what is the range in $x$ for which our error is less than $10 \%$ ?
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00:01 In this problem, we are given the function f of x is equal to 3x squared plus kof x minus 3 and we are to linearize near the points x0 is going to 0 and x0 is equal to minus 2.
00:19 First we have to the formula for the linearized function is l of x is equal to f of a plus f prime of a multiply by x minus a now first we calculate f prime of x and we get f prime of x equal to 6x plus 12 for the first point we have x not being equal to zero we calculate f of zero substituting zero in the f of x function we get our our f of 0 is equal to minus 3 and our f prime of 0 as equal to substituting in the f prime of x function is equal to 12...
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