Wednesday, October 9, 2019

ordinary differential equations - why are these two power series the same



$$-\sum_{\color{red}{n=1}}^{\infty}nc_{n}x^{n}=-\sum_{\color{red}{n=0}}^{\infty}nc_{n}x^{n}$$



How come one starts at $1$ and the other starts at $0$ yet their equal?
Do they both equal infinity?



Answer



When $n=0$, $nc_nx^n$ is also zero. So the first sum just leaves that zero term out while the second one includes it. There is no change in the sum.


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