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Infinite Sequences and Series · Hard problem

A polynomial approximation PnP_n for f(x)=ln⁡(1+x)f(x)=\ln(1+x), built from derivatives at 00, is used to estimate ln⁡(1.5)\ln(1.5). Given that ∣f(n+1)(c)∣≤n!\left|f^{(n+1)}(c)\right|\le n! for every cc between 00 and 0.50.5, the resulting error is guaranteed to be at most (0.5)n+1n+1\dfrac{(0.5)^{n+1}}{n+1}. Find the smallest nn for which this guarantee is below 10−410^{-4}.