Calculate the functions $e^{kd/dt}f(t)$ and $e^{td/dt}f(t)$

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The problem reads as follows:

A slight generalization of the Taylor expansion is

$$f(x+a)=\sum^\infty_{n=0}\frac{a^n}{n!}f^{(n)}(x)=f(x+a)$$

Calculate the functions $e^{kd/dt}f(t)$ and $e^{td/dt}f(t)$

The answer in each case is a simple, analytic function, not a series.

Im confused as to why he would provide the Taylor series expansion but we will not use it for our answer?

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You've managed the first one in the comments, so I'll look at the second one. We have two ways in: we can either write $e^{td/dt}$ as a series and apply it to $f(t)$, or expand $f(t)$ as a series $\sum_{k} f^{(k)}(0)t^k/k!$ and act on the individual terms. Let's try the latter. We need to know $$ e^{td/dt} t^k = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n!}\left( t \frac{d}{dt} \right)^n t^k = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{k^n}{n!} t^k $$ since $t\frac{d}{dt}t^k = kt^k$. Thus $$ e^{td/dt} t^k = e^k t^k. $$ Ah, but this is $(et)^k$! Thus $$ e^{td/dt} f(t) = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{f^{(k)}(0)}{k!} e^{td/dt} t^k = \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \frac{f^{(k)}(0)}{k!} (et)^k = f(et) $$ (assuming the expansion exists, of course). So while $e^{kd/dt}$ acts as a translation on the argument, $e^{td/dt}$ acts as a scaling: $$ e^{atd/dt} f(t) = f(e^a t). $$