1/1^2+1/(1^2+2^2)+1/(1^2+2^2+3^2)+...-> ?

Will Underwood

Will Underwood

Answered question

2022-09-17

1 1 2 + 1 1 2 + 2 2 + 1 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + . . . ?
I tried like below
1 1 2 + 1 1 2 + 2 2 + 1 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + = n = 1 1 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + + n 2 = n = 1 1 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 6 = n = 1 6 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) =
Then I can use the fraction ,but
1 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) = 1 n + 1 n + 1 + 4 2 n + 1
This is ugly to turn into telescopic series . Can you help me to find :series converge to ?
Thanks in advance .

Answer & Explanation

Chloe Barr

Chloe Barr

Beginner2022-09-18Added 6 answers

Trying to avoid Daniel Fischer's approach.
2 ( 2 n ) ( 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 2 ) = 1 ( 2 n ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 1 ( 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 2 )
Collect the terms by their signs:
S = 12 n = 2 ( 1 ) n n ( n + 1 )
Now apply partial fractions on this nicely and it becomes
S = 12 n = 2 ( 1 ) n n + ( 1 ) n + 1 n + 1
You can then collect the terms again to get
S = 6 + 12 n = 3 ( 1 ) n n
Upon which you may use the Maclaurin expansion of ln ( x + 1 )
kakvoglq

kakvoglq

Beginner2022-09-19Added 3 answers

When I post it , I find an idea ...
n = 1 6 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) = n = 1 6 × 2 × 2 ( 2 n ) ( 2 n + 2 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) = n = 1 24 ( 2 n ) ( 2 n + 2 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) = n = 1 24 1 ( 1 ( 2 n ) ( 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 2 ) ) = n = 1 24 2 ( 1 ( 2 n ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 1 ( 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 2 ) ) = 12 × 1 2 × 3 = 2
but wolfram says
n = 1 6 n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) = 6 ( 3 4 l o g ( 2 ) )
Is there something I had missed ?

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