MATH 151: Calculus II
Test #3 Review Topics
April 25, 2026
The ratio test
Power series: definition, determining convergence, radius of convergence
Differentiation and integration of power series, preservation of radius of convergence
Using power series to integrate functions
Taylor and Maclaurin series; derivation of Taylor series coefficients
Obtaining Taylor/Maclaurin series; finding their radii/intervals of convergence
Important Maclaurin series1
Approximating functions with Taylor polynomials; Taylor's inequality
Introduction to differential equations; initial value problems
Verifying solutions of differential equations
Directly integrable differential equations
Euler's method of numerically solving differential equations
Separable differential equations
Exponential growth and decay; applications: population growth, continuously compounded interest, radioactive decay, law of cooling
1 Table 8.6 will be provided, if needed.