Suppose S=1516+1516×2124+1516×2124×2732+……
Does it converge? If so find the sum.
What I attempted:- On inspection of the successive terms, it easy to deduce that the nth term of the series is tn=(34)n5.7.9.……(2n+3)4.6.8.……(2n+2)
Thus tn+1tn=34×2n+52n+4. As n→∞ this ratio tends to 34<1. Hence by Ratio test it turns out to be convergent.
A similar type of question has already been asked here. One of the commenters has provided a nice method to evaluate the sum of such series using recurrence relation and finally using the asymptotic form of Catalan Number.
To proceed exactly in the similar way, I wrote tn as follows:-
tn=13(38)n1.3.5.7.9.……(2n+3)(n+1)!=13(38)nn+22n+2(2n+4n+2)≈(34)n−1√n+2√π(For large n).
I have used the recurrence relation Sn=Sn−1+Tn, along with the initial condition S1=1516, in order to get a solution like this Sn=7.5+T2nTn−Tn−1
I am getting trouble in evaluating the limit of the second term as n→∞.
I haven't cross checked all the steps. Hope I would be pointed in case of any mistake.
Answer
Let
f(x)=∞∑n=1tnxn=∞∑n=15×7×⋯×(2n+3)4×6×⋯×(2n+2)xn.
Then
tn=231(n+1)!(32)(52)⋯(2n+32)=23un+1
where
un=(3/2)(5/2)⋯((2n+1)/2)n!.
Then, for |x|<1,
∞∑n=0unxn=1(1−x)3/2
by the binomial theorem.
Then
f(x)=23∞∑n=1un+1xn=23∞∑n=2unxn−1=23x(1(1−x)3/2−1−3x2)
Now insert x=3/4.
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