Thursday, October 25, 2018

Compute infinite sum of a arithmetico-geometric series suminftyi=0fraci2i




I am trying to compute the sum



i=0i2i



which I know should be equal to 2, but I cannot prove it.



If I am not mistaken, it should be a arithmetico-geometric series (Wikipedia), hence the title.




Any help greatly appreciated!


Answer



Hint



Consider the series i=0ixi=xi=0ixi1=xddxi=0xi

Now you have a geometric series. Compute its sum, take its derivative, multiply by x and replace x by 12.



I am sure that you can take from here.


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