I'm a student and I'm looking for a solution for the following finite power series:
$$ \sum_{n=0}^m \frac{1}{n!} x^n $$
By "solution" I meant expansion of the series and finding a closed form representation of it (without the sum). Thanks to everyone for the replies! The solution with the Taylor remainder was what I needed.
I only think you can get a "closed" for the finite sum by using the Taylor reminder. That is if the real function $f$ is $m+1$ times differentiable at the point $a$ then $$ f(x) = f(a) + \frac{f'(a)}{1!}(x-a) + \cdots + \frac{f^{(m)}(a)}{m!}(x-a)^m + \frac{f^{(m+1)}(\xi)}{(m+1)!}(x-a)^{m+1} $$ where $\xi$ is obtained by the mean value theorem and belongs between $a$ and $x$.
Then in your case, clearly $f(x)= e^x$ and $a=0$, which gives $$ e^x = \sum_{n=0}^m \frac{1}{n!}x^n + \frac{e^{\xi}}{(m+1)!}x^{m+1} $$ For a $\xi$ such that $|\xi|<|x|$ ( which of course gives that $\xi$ depends entirely on $x$). Thus $$ \sum_{n=0}^m \frac{1}{n!} x^n= e^x - \frac{e^{\xi}}{(m+1)!}x^{m+1} $$