Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / Paper 2 / 8

Substitute $r=-x^2$ into the geometric series, without taking any derivatives:Thus the coefficient of $x^n$ in the Taylor series is $(-1{)}^{n/2}$ when $n$ is even and zero when $n$ is odd. If nonzero terms are numbered from one, the $n$th term is $(-1{)}^{n-1}{x}^{2n-2}$.