I must compute all moments for the standard normal distribution. Here is my work:
It can be shown that $M(s)=E[e^{sX}]=e^{\frac{s^2}{2}}$. Furthermore, because $M(s)$ is defined over some open interval containing $(-r,r)$, $M(S)$ has the following expansion: $$M(S)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{s^k}{k!}E[X^k].$$
Hence, we can write $M(s)=e^{s^2/2}=\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{s^k}{k!}E[X^k]. $ At this point, I'm not sure what to do. I believe there is a way of expanding the exponential expression, but I don't know what its form is, or why the expansion is permissible/true. Any ideas?
You should recall that for every complex number $z,$ $$ e^z = \frac{z^0}{0!} + \frac{z^1}{1!} + \frac{z^2}{2!} + \frac{z^3}{3!} + \cdots $$ Therefore $$ e^{s^2/2} = \frac{(s^2/2)^0}{0!} + \frac{(s^2/2)^1}{1!} + \frac{(s^2/2)^2}{2!} + \frac{(s^2/2)^3}{3!} + \cdots $$ As a power series in $s,$ this has only even-degree non-zero terms. Thus all moments of odd degree are $0.$