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I have given a function $f$:

$ f = \begin{pmatrix} \sinh(x_1 x_2) \\ \cosh(x_1 x_2) \end{pmatrix} $

We have to show that this is possible:

$ f = \begin{pmatrix} 2x_1 x_2 \\ 1 \end{pmatrix} + \mathcal O \left( \|x\|^3 \right) $

We have used the exponential defininition of the hyperbolic function, but we always end up with terms that grow with $\sum_n \frac 1{n!}(x_1 x_2)^n$, which seem to be more than the given $\mathcal O \left( \|x\|^3 \right)$.

We are not sure how to get from $\|x\|^3$ to $x_1 x_2$. How do we attack this problem?

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You are taking Big-O in which direction? The statement you want to show is only true as $x\to 0$, not when $\|x\|\to\infty$.

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    The problem does not say anything. But since we got it right with $a = 0$, I guess that is meant …2012-05-23