Worked solution
Verify an implicit logarithm expansion by a second method
It is given that .
(i) Show that . marks
(ii) By further differentiation of the above results, find the Maclaurin series for y, up to and including the term in . marks
(iii) Verify that the series for is the same as the result obtained in part (ii), if the standard series from the List of Formulae (MF27) are used. marks
(iv) Hence deduce the series expansion for , up to and including the term in . marks
[2022/ACJC/I/7(modified)]
CJC · Lecture · Example 8 · Self-Reading
(i) Exponentiate before differentiating
This is labelled Self-Reading, and both copies already print the complete solution. From , differentiating gives . Differentiate that product once more:
which is the required identity.
(ii) Differentiate every product and evaluate at zero
Both copies retain the uncollected third-derivative line:
Collecting the two mixed terms gives
The source values are , , , . Independently, they follow successively from , , , and .
(ii) Substitute the values with their factorials
The complete printed substitution and simplified series are
(iii) Verify using the MF27 sine and logarithm series
Both sources show the independent standard-series route:
Substituting the new logarithm argument gives
Retaining through the cubic term,
verifying part (ii). These substitutions compare retained coefficients near zero; replacing sine by its finite truncation is not an exact functional identity.
(iv) Expand the square-root denominator and collect the quadratic terms
Read the square root in the denominator carefully: the reciprocal of is . Both copies give the full chain
Only terms through are now required. The retained binomial terms are
Multiplying the two retained quadratic polynomials gives
The two non-logarithmic quadratic contributions cancel. The omitted terms begin at cubic order; the binomial factor is used near zero with and the real denominator requires x<1.
Common mistakes
Repeated differentiation creates mixed terms; the square-root denominator uses exponent −1/2, and both methods must retain every term contributing to the requested power.
Solution notes
Self-Reading designation, original attribution and printed marks 2,3,3,2 retained. Both copies already contain the complete derivation by both methods, including the square-root quotient; this is not a Teacher-only completion.
Original radical directly verified in both page 20 and 21 renders; native extraction preserved without silently altering its missing radical.