A Rather Simpl e e Sum

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e x n = 0 ( x ) n n ! \large e^{x}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-x)^n}{n!}

Find the value of the expression above for all x x .


The answer is 1.

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1 solution

José Alejandro
Aug 22, 2019

Recall the infinite series definition of e x e^x : e x = n = 0 x n n ! = 1 + x 1 ! + x 2 2 ! + x 3 3 ! + e^{x} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{x^{n}}{n!} = 1 + \frac{x}{1!} + \frac{x^{2}}{2!} + \frac{x^{3}}{3!} + \cdots The sum seems very similar to the one being multiplied by e x e^x . In fact, if we input x -x in place of x x : e x = n = 0 ( x ) n n ! = n = 0 ( ( x ) ( 1 ) ) n n ! = n = 0 x n n ! ( 1 ) n e^{-x} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(-x)^{n}}{n!} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{((x)(-1))^{n}}{n!} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{x^{n}}{n!}(-1)^{n} We get the sum in our expression! Substituting it with e x e^{-x} we get e x e x = e 0 = 1 e^{x}e^{-x} = e^0 = \boxed{1}

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