Monday, April 11, 2016

summation - Finding the formula for the sum of a the sequence 1+4+7+...+(3n+1)

In the problem below, It is asked to find the formula for the sum of the sequence and then to prove whether it is true or false for all n values using induction.



1+4+7+...+(3n+1), nN0



In order to do that I tried to convert it into Sigma notation



kn=03n+1



and then using the rules of sigma notation I came up with




kn=03n+1=3kn=0n+kn=01



and then I replaced it with the following to come to the formula for the sum of the sequence



3n(n+1)2+(n+1)=(n+1)(3n+2)2



But it seems to be totally incorrect!



What am I doing wrong. Any help is appreciated.

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