Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematical-methods-ii-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2019-resit/9/c/solution

Set , so . The negative binomial series gives for . Hence the exact Taylor series is
The initial terms are . Equivalently the coefficient of is , obtained by differentiating repeatedly and evaluating at .
The radius of convergence is three, set by the pole at . At either endpoint , the terms fail to tend to zero, so neither endpoint is included.

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