A calculus problem by Sabhrant Sachan

Calculus Level 4

S n = 1 1 3 + 1 + 2 1 3 + 2 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 1 3 + 2 3 + 3 3 + + 1 + 2 + 3 + + n 1 3 + 2 3 + 3 3 + + n 3 \large S_n = \dfrac1{1^3}+\dfrac{1+2}{1^3+2^3}+\dfrac{1+2+3}{1^3+2^3+3^3}+\cdots + \dfrac{1+2+3+ \cdots +n}{1^3+2^3+3^3+ \cdots +n^3}

Compute lim n S n \displaystyle \lim_{n\to \infty} \lfloor S_n \rfloor .

Notation : \lfloor \cdot \rfloor denotes the floor function .

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1 solution

Rishabh Jain
May 1, 2016

The m t h mth term of the sum is of the form r = 1 m r r = 1 m r 3 = 2 m ( m + 1 ) = 2 ( 1 m 1 m + 1 ) \dfrac{\displaystyle\sum_{r=1}^{m}r}{\displaystyle\sum_{r=1}^m r^3}=\dfrac{2}{m(m+1)}=2\left(\dfrac 1m-\dfrac{1}{m+1}\right) U s e r = m ( m + 1 ) 2 , r 3 = ( m ( m + 1 ) 2 ) 2 \small{\color{#3D99F6}{Use~\displaystyle\sum r=\dfrac{m(m+1)}{2},\ \displaystyle\sum r^3=\left(\dfrac{m(m+1)}{2}\right)^2}}

Thus required sum is:- m = 1 n 2 ( 1 m 1 m + 1 ) \large\displaystyle\sum_{m=1}^{n}2\left(\dfrac 1m-\dfrac{1}{m+1}\right) Which is a telescopic series and comes out to be:- S n = 2 2 n + 1 \large S_n=2-\dfrac{2}{n+1} S n = 1 ( 0 < 2 n + 1 < 1 ) \large\lfloor S_n\rfloor=1~~(\because ~0<\dfrac{2}{n+1}<1) ( Recall x = 1 if 1 < x < 2 (\text{Recall } \lfloor x\rfloor=1 \text { if } 1<x<2 Hence, lim n ( 1 ) = 1 \large\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}(1)=\boxed{\large 1}

Nice S o l n \text{Nice } Sol^n

Sabhrant Sachan - 5 years, 1 month ago

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Thanks... ...........

Rishabh Jain - 5 years, 1 month ago

The limit was 2 but the box of it is 1 that is where is the twist😂😂!!!!loved solving this sum!!

rajdeep brahma - 3 years, 2 months ago

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Got caught there exactly :(

Arunava Das - 3 years, 1 month ago

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yes bro typical advanced qs... :p

rajdeep brahma - 3 years ago

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