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tony123

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find sum

Last edited by tony123 (2009-04-24 21:25:36)

Identity

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Re: find sum

Are they primes?

mathsyperson

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Re: find sum

I think it's just a +4, +2, ... pattern on the denominator.

I haven't solved it yet, but it's fairly easy to see that it's somewhere between 0.8 and 1.

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JaneFairfax

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Re: find sum

You made a little mistake, mate. I think you want to find

The Maclaurin series for

is

Also

Hence

tony123

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Re: find sum

You made a little mistake, mate. I think you want to find

no jane

JaneFairfax

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Re: find sum

Then you should have been more clear in the first place.

bobbym

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Re: find sum

Hi Tony123;

Start by forming the power series:

This will equal the terms of Tony's series if x=1. There are differences of 4 and 2 in the exponents. The expansion:

Has exponents that differ by 2.

Has exponents that differ by 4. To get differences of 4 and 2 we use a

This has the required differences of 4 then 2 in the exponents.
Now I tried to use integration, differentiation or multiplication by x on (B)
to make it look like series (A).
I couldn't. So I tried

This one doesn't have the required 4,2 difference in the exponents so it can't be right.
When I tried:

This looks good. Integrate this series and you get

(C) is series (A). So we have:

Now we need the integral.

with x=1

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tony123

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Re: find sum

very nice thanks

bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: find sum

Thanks for posing it. It was really a tough problem.

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gAr

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Re: find sum

Hi,

My method may be the same what bobbym says, but I approached by observing that the series is

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SeireeIngemia

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Re: find sum

My friend showed me this one the other day and I thought it was fun.

1
11
21
1211
111221
-->What goes here?

Hope its not too easy

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bumpkin

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Re: find sum

Hi SeireeIngemia;

Please start a new thread instead of tacking on to an earlier question for new problems. That way they get the attention they deserve.

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anonimnystefy

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Re: find sum

the next element is 312211

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