Multicomplex Taylor Series Expansion for Computing High-Order Derivatives

Date

2014

Authors

Millwater, Harry
Shirinkam, Sara

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Publisher

Academic Publications

Abstract

Multicomplex Taylor series expansion (MCTSE) is a numerical method for calculating higher-order partial derivatives of a multivariable real-valued and complex-valued analytic function based on Taylor series expansion without subtraction cancelation errors. The implementation has been facilitated using Cauchy-Riemann matrix representation of multicomplex variables. In this paper, we show steps for finding these matrices and, in addition, that the number of appearances of the k-th derivatives follows the Pascal's triangle. Also, the situations where the MCTSE is not applicable is determined. Finally, we investigate the application of the method for complex-valued functions.

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Keywords

complex Taylor series expansion, high-order derivatives, multicomplex numbers

Citation

Millwater, H., & Shirinkam, S. (2014). Multicomplex Taylor Series Expansion for Computing High-Order Derivatives. International Journal of Applied Mathematics, 27(4), 311-334. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.12732/ijam.v27i4.2

Department

Mechanical Engineering
Mathematics