Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- I Limits and Differentiation
- II Integration
- III Infinite Series
- 33 The geometry of geometric series
- 34 Geometric differentiation of geometric series
- 35 Illustrating a telescoping series
- 36 Illustrating applications of the monotone sequence theorem
- 37 The harmonic series and the Euler-Mascheroni constant
- 38 The alternating harmonic series
- 39 The alternating series test
- 40 Approximating π with Maclaurin series
- IV Additional Topics
- V Appendix: Some Precalculus Topics
- Solutions to the Exercises
- References
- Index
- About the Author
40 - Approximating π with Maclaurin series
from III - Infinite Series
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- I Limits and Differentiation
- II Integration
- III Infinite Series
- 33 The geometry of geometric series
- 34 Geometric differentiation of geometric series
- 35 Illustrating a telescoping series
- 36 Illustrating applications of the monotone sequence theorem
- 37 The harmonic series and the Euler-Mascheroni constant
- 38 The alternating harmonic series
- 39 The alternating series test
- 40 Approximating π with Maclaurin series
- IV Additional Topics
- V Appendix: Some Precalculus Topics
- Solutions to the Exercises
- References
- Index
- About the Author
Summary
![Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'](https://static.cambridge.org/content/id/urn%3Acambridge.org%3Aid%3Abook%3A9781614441205/resource/name/firstPage-9781614441205c40_p115-118_CBO.jpg)
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Cameos for CalculusVisualization in the First-Year Course, pp. 115 - 118Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2015