====== Mathematica Common Expressions ======
===== Taylor Series =====
The $n^th$ term of the Taylor series expansion for the function $f(x)$ at $a$ can be obtained by the following function: 
<code mathematica>
TaylorTerm[fx_, x_, a_, n_] := (((Evaluate[D[fx, {x, n}]]) /. x -> a)/n!) (x - a)^n
</code>

The sum of the first n terms for the Taylor series expansion for the function $f(x) at $a$ can be obtained by the following function:
<code mathematica>
TaylorSeries[fx_, x_, a_, n_] :=  Evaluate[Normal[Series[fx[y], {y, a, n}]]] /. y -> x
</code>
Note that you may have to use a pure function as the first argument, e.g.
<code mathematica>
In[1]:= TaylorSeries[Function[x, Sqrt[x + 1]], x, 0, 10]
Out[1]= 1 + x/2 - x^2/8 + x^3/16 - (5 x^4)/128 + (7 x^5)/256 - (
 21 x^6)/1024 + (33 x^7)/2048 - (429 x^8)/32768 + (715 x^9)/65536 - (
 2431 x^10)/262144
</code>