Re: binomial expansion of quantity raised to power of
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- Subject: [mg101646] Re: [mg101598] binomial expansion of quantity raised to power of
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:51:13 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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For the mathematics, look up "binomial series", e.g., at www.mathworld.com.
To get (some finite number of terms for) this in Mathematica, start with
the identity
s^2 - h^2 == s^2 (1 - (h/s)^2) // Simplify
in order to see that you can (when s > 0) obtain the new identity:
Simplify[s (1 - (h/s)^2)^(1/2) == (s^2 - h^2)^(1/2),
Assumptions -> {s > 0}]
Thus the result you cite may be obtained by:
Expand[s Normal@Series[(1 - x^2)^(1/2), {x, 0, 10}] /. x :> h/s]
Roddye Davis wrote:
> I saw in an engineering survey book a binomial expansion of (s^2 - h^2)^(1/2) = s - (h^2/2s) - (h^4/(8(s^3)))....
>
> How was this result achieved??????? Thanks.
>
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- binomial expansion of quantity raised to power of 1/2