Convergence of the Binomial Series

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This Demonstration investigates the convergence (or otherwise) of the binomial series , which, when convergent, converges to the function
. The output (in red) is shown in two ways:
Contributed by: Roberta Grech (November 2013)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA
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Snapshot 1: is a nonnegative integer; the series terminates
Snapshot 2: is positive but not an integer; the series converges for
Snapshot 3: ; the series converges for
Snapshot 4: ; the series converges for
Snapshot 5: the graph of the truncated binomial series (a polynomial function of ) and the function
for comparison, for the same value of
and the same number of terms as in Snapshot 4
Reference
[1] T. Heard, D. Martin, and B. Murphy, A2 Further Pure Mathematics, 3rd ed., London: Hodder Education, 2005 pp. 69–83.
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