Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / Paper 1 / 15 / a / Solution

For $n\ge 3$, Taylor's theorem after $n$ terms, counting the constant term, isUnder the usual hypothesis that $f$ is $n-1$ times continuously differentiable on the interval joining $a$ and $x$, and $n$ times differentiable in its interior, the Taylor theorem with Lagrange remainder givesThis is a finite expansion with a controlled remainder; it does not assume an infinite Taylor series converges. For $x=a$ the remainder is zero.