Exercise 1525Calculus › Single-variable calculus › Differentiation › Taylor expansionsL2Added 3 Nov 2026
Expanding the inverse of x + x³
#Taylor expansion#inverse function#fixed point iteration
Statement
The function is a bijection of onto itself. Let . Find the expansion of at up to order .
Hint
is odd and satisfies , i.e. . Start from and substitute repeatedly.
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Solution
Setup. is differentiable with , and it is infinitely differentiable, so it has expansions to any order. Also because .
Step 1. From and :
Step 2. Cube it: . Hence
Check. With : and ✓.
Remark. Each substitution gains two orders of accuracy, because is . This bootstrap method works for any equation of the form .