Sunday, March 20, 2016

real analysis - Proving limlimitsxto0(1+sumlimitsin=1nfty(1)n(fracsinnxnx)2)=frac12




Could you show me limx0(1+n=1(1)n(sinnxnx)2)=12.





These day, I want to write a article about the sums of divergent series. In Hardy's book Divergent Series, he show me a method proposed by Riemann with
limx0(1+n=1(1)n(sinnxnx)2), from which we can obtain 11+11+=12.
I hope someone tell me how to prove (1),Thanks!


Answer



We begin with the function f(x) as represented by the series



f(x)=n=1(1)nsin2nxn2x2




Using the identity



sin2nx=1cos2nx2



in (1) yields



f(x)=12n=1(1)n1cos2nxn2x2=12n=1(1)nn2x212Re(n=1(1)nei2nxn2x2)=π224x212x2Re(Li2(ei2x))



We expand Li2(ei2x) in a series around x=0 to find



Li2(ei2x)=π212i2log(2)x+x2+O(x3)



Then, upon substituting (3) into (2) we have



f(x)=12+O(x)




Finally, we have



\bbox[5px,border:2px solid #C0A000]{\lim_{x\to 0}\left(1+\sum_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^n\frac{\sin^2 nx}{n^2x^2} \right)=\frac12}



as was to be shown!






NOTE:




If we inappropriately interchange the limit with the series and use \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\sin^2 nx}{n^2x^2}=1, we obtain the absurd conclusion that



1-1+1-1+1\cdots =\frac12


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