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I found this passage in my book which is not very clear to me as to how it was obtained.
Given $ninmathbbN,,kin(0,1)$, then
$$(1+i)^n+kapprox(1-k)(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^n+1=(1+i)^n(1+ki)$$
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I found this passage in my book which is not very clear to me as to how it was obtained.
Given $ninmathbbN,,kin(0,1)$, then
$$(1+i)^n+kapprox(1-k)(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^n+1=(1+i)^n(1+ki)$$
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I found this passage in my book which is not very clear to me as to how it was obtained.
Given $ninmathbbN,,kin(0,1)$, then
$$(1+i)^n+kapprox(1-k)(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^n+1=(1+i)^n(1+ki)$$
calculus
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I found this passage in my book which is not very clear to me as to how it was obtained.
Given $ninmathbbN,,kin(0,1)$, then
$$(1+i)^n+kapprox(1-k)(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^n+1=(1+i)^n(1+ki)$$
calculus
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Is $i$ supposed to be small? If so, the derivative of $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$ is $(1+i)^nlog(1+i)$. Thus a first order approximation of $(1+i)^n+k$ is
$$
(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^nln(1+i).
$$
If $0<i<1$ then $iapproxln(1+i)$ (again using a Taylor series approximation), and hence one arrives at the desired approximation of $(1+i)^n+ik(1+i)^n$.
answered 46 mins ago
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@user372003 $n$ was a natural number, and I'm comfortable raising something to the power of a natural number. $k$ was assumed to be a small number, so we are essentially raising a number to the power of a natural number, with a small perturbation. This small change of $k$ tells me I should use a derivative to turn something nasty (raising something to the power $n+k$) into something I'm comfortable with (raising something to the power $n$)
– ThomasGrubb
34 mins ago
but in order to expand shouldn’t you differentiate with respect to $k$ at $k=0$?
– user372003
32 mins ago
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@user372003 We're basically talking about the same thing; I differentiated the function $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$, and taking $k$ to be a constant. You are talking about differentiating the function $(1+i)^n+k$, and taking $n$ to be a constant. You'll arrive at the same destination either way.
– ThomasGrubb
27 mins ago
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Some intuition to go with ThomasGrubb's thorough answer: for $a>1$, $a^x$ is an increasing function that interpolates between $1$ (at $x=0$) and $a$ (at $x=1$). A secant approximation of $a^x$ is ordinary linear interpolation of these extremes: $(1-x)cdot 1 + xcdot a.$
As ThomasGrubb notes, this approximation is increasingly poor as $a$ increases.
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Notice that $k$ is assumed between $0$ and $1$. With $f(k):=(1+i)^n+k$, the approximation is that $f(k)$ grows roughly linearly as $k$ ranges from $0$ to $1$. Consequently,
$$
fracf(k)-f(0)k-0approxfracf(1)-f(0)1-0
$$
Rearranging this gives
$$
f(k)approx (1-k)f(0) + k f(1).
$$
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3 Answers
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Is $i$ supposed to be small? If so, the derivative of $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$ is $(1+i)^nlog(1+i)$. Thus a first order approximation of $(1+i)^n+k$ is
$$
(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^nln(1+i).
$$
If $0<i<1$ then $iapproxln(1+i)$ (again using a Taylor series approximation), and hence one arrives at the desired approximation of $(1+i)^n+ik(1+i)^n$.
answered 46 mins ago
ThomasGrubb
9,93011335
1
@user372003 $n$ was a natural number, and I'm comfortable raising something to the power of a natural number. $k$ was assumed to be a small number, so we are essentially raising a number to the power of a natural number, with a small perturbation. This small change of $k$ tells me I should use a derivative to turn something nasty (raising something to the power $n+k$) into something I'm comfortable with (raising something to the power $n$)
– ThomasGrubb
34 mins ago
but in order to expand shouldn’t you differentiate with respect to $k$ at $k=0$?
– user372003
32 mins ago
1
@user372003 We're basically talking about the same thing; I differentiated the function $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$, and taking $k$ to be a constant. You are talking about differentiating the function $(1+i)^n+k$, and taking $n$ to be a constant. You'll arrive at the same destination either way.
– ThomasGrubb
27 mins ago
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up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Is $i$ supposed to be small? If so, the derivative of $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$ is $(1+i)^nlog(1+i)$. Thus a first order approximation of $(1+i)^n+k$ is
$$
(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^nln(1+i).
$$
If $0<i<1$ then $iapproxln(1+i)$ (again using a Taylor series approximation), and hence one arrives at the desired approximation of $(1+i)^n+ik(1+i)^n$.
answered 46 mins ago
ThomasGrubb
9,93011335
1
@user372003 $n$ was a natural number, and I'm comfortable raising something to the power of a natural number. $k$ was assumed to be a small number, so we are essentially raising a number to the power of a natural number, with a small perturbation. This small change of $k$ tells me I should use a derivative to turn something nasty (raising something to the power $n+k$) into something I'm comfortable with (raising something to the power $n$)
– ThomasGrubb
34 mins ago
but in order to expand shouldn’t you differentiate with respect to $k$ at $k=0$?
– user372003
32 mins ago
1
@user372003 We're basically talking about the same thing; I differentiated the function $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$, and taking $k$ to be a constant. You are talking about differentiating the function $(1+i)^n+k$, and taking $n$ to be a constant. You'll arrive at the same destination either way.
– ThomasGrubb
27 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
up vote
3
down vote
accepted
Is $i$ supposed to be small? If so, the derivative of $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$ is $(1+i)^nlog(1+i)$. Thus a first order approximation of $(1+i)^n+k$ is
$$
(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^nln(1+i).
$$
If $0<i<1$ then $iapproxln(1+i)$ (again using a Taylor series approximation), and hence one arrives at the desired approximation of $(1+i)^n+ik(1+i)^n$.
answered 46 mins ago
ThomasGrubb
9,93011335
Is $i$ supposed to be small? If so, the derivative of $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$ is $(1+i)^nlog(1+i)$. Thus a first order approximation of $(1+i)^n+k$ is
$$
(1+i)^n+k(1+i)^nln(1+i).
$$
If $0<i<1$ then $iapproxln(1+i)$ (again using a Taylor series approximation), and hence one arrives at the desired approximation of $(1+i)^n+ik(1+i)^n$.
answered 46 mins ago
ThomasGrubb
9,93011335
answered 46 mins ago
ThomasGrubb
9,93011335
answered 46 mins ago
ThomasGrubb
9,93011335
answered 46 mins ago
ThomasGrubb
9,93011335
9,93011335
1
@user372003 $n$ was a natural number, and I'm comfortable raising something to the power of a natural number. $k$ was assumed to be a small number, so we are essentially raising a number to the power of a natural number, with a small perturbation. This small change of $k$ tells me I should use a derivative to turn something nasty (raising something to the power $n+k$) into something I'm comfortable with (raising something to the power $n$)
– ThomasGrubb
34 mins ago
but in order to expand shouldn’t you differentiate with respect to $k$ at $k=0$?
– user372003
32 mins ago
1
@user372003 We're basically talking about the same thing; I differentiated the function $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$, and taking $k$ to be a constant. You are talking about differentiating the function $(1+i)^n+k$, and taking $n$ to be a constant. You'll arrive at the same destination either way.
– ThomasGrubb
27 mins ago
add a comment |Â
1
@user372003 $n$ was a natural number, and I'm comfortable raising something to the power of a natural number. $k$ was assumed to be a small number, so we are essentially raising a number to the power of a natural number, with a small perturbation. This small change of $k$ tells me I should use a derivative to turn something nasty (raising something to the power $n+k$) into something I'm comfortable with (raising something to the power $n$)
– ThomasGrubb
34 mins ago
but in order to expand shouldn’t you differentiate with respect to $k$ at $k=0$?
– user372003
32 mins ago
1
@user372003 We're basically talking about the same thing; I differentiated the function $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$, and taking $k$ to be a constant. You are talking about differentiating the function $(1+i)^n+k$, and taking $n$ to be a constant. You'll arrive at the same destination either way.
– ThomasGrubb
27 mins ago
1
1
@user372003 $n$ was a natural number, and I'm comfortable raising something to the power of a natural number. $k$ was assumed to be a small number, so we are essentially raising a number to the power of a natural number, with a small perturbation. This small change of $k$ tells me I should use a derivative to turn something nasty (raising something to the power $n+k$) into something I'm comfortable with (raising something to the power $n$)
– ThomasGrubb
34 mins ago
@user372003 $n$ was a natural number, and I'm comfortable raising something to the power of a natural number. $k$ was assumed to be a small number, so we are essentially raising a number to the power of a natural number, with a small perturbation. This small change of $k$ tells me I should use a derivative to turn something nasty (raising something to the power $n+k$) into something I'm comfortable with (raising something to the power $n$)
– ThomasGrubb
34 mins ago
but in order to expand shouldn’t you differentiate with respect to $k$ at $k=0$?
– user372003
32 mins ago
but in order to expand shouldn’t you differentiate with respect to $k$ at $k=0$?
– user372003
32 mins ago
1
1
@user372003 We're basically talking about the same thing; I differentiated the function $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$, and taking $k$ to be a constant. You are talking about differentiating the function $(1+i)^n+k$, and taking $n$ to be a constant. You'll arrive at the same destination either way.
– ThomasGrubb
27 mins ago
@user372003 We're basically talking about the same thing; I differentiated the function $(1+i)^n$ with respect to $n$, and taking $k$ to be a constant. You are talking about differentiating the function $(1+i)^n+k$, and taking $n$ to be a constant. You'll arrive at the same destination either way.
– ThomasGrubb
27 mins ago
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up vote
3
down vote
Some intuition to go with ThomasGrubb's thorough answer: for $a>1$, $a^x$ is an increasing function that interpolates between $1$ (at $x=0$) and $a$ (at $x=1$). A secant approximation of $a^x$ is ordinary linear interpolation of these extremes: $(1-x)cdot 1 + xcdot a.$
As ThomasGrubb notes, this approximation is increasingly poor as $a$ increases.
answered 42 mins ago
user7530
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up vote
3
down vote
Some intuition to go with ThomasGrubb's thorough answer: for $a>1$, $a^x$ is an increasing function that interpolates between $1$ (at $x=0$) and $a$ (at $x=1$). A secant approximation of $a^x$ is ordinary linear interpolation of these extremes: $(1-x)cdot 1 + xcdot a.$
As ThomasGrubb notes, this approximation is increasingly poor as $a$ increases.
answered 42 mins ago
user7530
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up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
Some intuition to go with ThomasGrubb's thorough answer: for $a>1$, $a^x$ is an increasing function that interpolates between $1$ (at $x=0$) and $a$ (at $x=1$). A secant approximation of $a^x$ is ordinary linear interpolation of these extremes: $(1-x)cdot 1 + xcdot a.$
As ThomasGrubb notes, this approximation is increasingly poor as $a$ increases.
answered 42 mins ago
user7530
33.8k658110
Some intuition to go with ThomasGrubb's thorough answer: for $a>1$, $a^x$ is an increasing function that interpolates between $1$ (at $x=0$) and $a$ (at $x=1$). A secant approximation of $a^x$ is ordinary linear interpolation of these extremes: $(1-x)cdot 1 + xcdot a.$
As ThomasGrubb notes, this approximation is increasingly poor as $a$ increases.
answered 42 mins ago
user7530
33.8k658110
answered 42 mins ago
user7530
33.8k658110
answered 42 mins ago
user7530
33.8k658110
answered 42 mins ago
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Notice that $k$ is assumed between $0$ and $1$. With $f(k):=(1+i)^n+k$, the approximation is that $f(k)$ grows roughly linearly as $k$ ranges from $0$ to $1$. Consequently,
$$
fracf(k)-f(0)k-0approxfracf(1)-f(0)1-0
$$
Rearranging this gives
$$
f(k)approx (1-k)f(0) + k f(1).
$$
answered 22 mins ago
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Notice that $k$ is assumed between $0$ and $1$. With $f(k):=(1+i)^n+k$, the approximation is that $f(k)$ grows roughly linearly as $k$ ranges from $0$ to $1$. Consequently,
$$
fracf(k)-f(0)k-0approxfracf(1)-f(0)1-0
$$
Rearranging this gives
$$
f(k)approx (1-k)f(0) + k f(1).
$$
answered 22 mins ago
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Notice that $k$ is assumed between $0$ and $1$. With $f(k):=(1+i)^n+k$, the approximation is that $f(k)$ grows roughly linearly as $k$ ranges from $0$ to $1$. Consequently,
$$
fracf(k)-f(0)k-0approxfracf(1)-f(0)1-0
$$
Rearranging this gives
$$
f(k)approx (1-k)f(0) + k f(1).
$$
answered 22 mins ago
grand_chat
18.5k11122
Notice that $k$ is assumed between $0$ and $1$. With $f(k):=(1+i)^n+k$, the approximation is that $f(k)$ grows roughly linearly as $k$ ranges from $0$ to $1$. Consequently,
$$
fracf(k)-f(0)k-0approxfracf(1)-f(0)1-0
$$
Rearranging this gives
$$
f(k)approx (1-k)f(0) + k f(1).
$$
answered 22 mins ago
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answered 22 mins ago
grand_chat
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answered 22 mins ago
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