The following infinite series can be used to approximate
e^x:
e 
x
 :
e^x = 1 + x + \frac{x^2}{2} + \frac{x^3}{3!} + \cdots + \frac{x^n}{n!}
e 
x
 =1+x+ 
2
x 
2
 + 
3!
x 
3
 +⋯+ 
n!
x 
n
Prove that this Maclaurin series expansion is a special case of the Taylor series expansion with
x_i = 0
x 
i
 =0
and
h = x.
h=x.
Use the Taylor series to estimate
f(x) = e^{-x}
f(x)=e 
−x
at
x_{i+1} = 1
x 
i+1
 =1
for
x_i = 0.2
x 
i
 =0.2
Employ the zero-, first-, second-, and third-order versions and compute the
|\varepsilon_t|
∣ε 
t
 ∣
for each case.