Easy Hyperbolic Summation

Calculus Level 4

S = n = 1 1 ( 2 n 1 ) 2 n 1 = 1 + 1 6 + 1 20 + 1 56 + \large{S= \sum_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac1{(2n-1)2^{n-1}} = 1+\frac { 1 }{ 6 } +\frac { 1 }{ 20 } +\frac { 1 }{ 56 } +\cdots}

If S S can be represented as A sinh 1 ( B ) \sqrt { A } \sinh ^{ -1 }{ ( B ) } , where A A and B B are integers . Find 100 ( A + B ) 100(A+B) .

Bonus : Find the partial sum of the series above.


The answer is 300.

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Aareyan Manzoor
Jan 8, 2016

look at the summation n = 1 x 2 n 2 = 1 1 x 2 \sum_{n=1}^\infty x^{2n-2} =\dfrac{1}{1-x^2} integrating both side we have n = 1 x 2 n 1 2 n 1 = ln ( 1 + x 1 x ) 2 \sum_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{x^{2n-1}}{2n-1}=\dfrac{\ln\left(\left|\dfrac{1+x}{1-x}\right|\right)}{2} divide both sides with x and put x = 1 2 x=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}} . n = 1 1 ( 2 n 1 ) 2 n 1 = ln ( 1 + 1 2 1 1 2 ) 2 = 2 2 ln ( 1 + 2 ) = 2 ln ( 1 + 2 ) \sum_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{1}{(2n-1)2^{n-1}}=\dfrac{\ln\left(\left|\dfrac{1+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}{1-\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{2}}}\right|\right)}{\sqrt{2}}=\dfrac{2}{\sqrt{2}} \ln(1+\sqrt{2})=\sqrt{2}\ln(1+\sqrt{2}) we know a r c s i n h ( z ) = ln ( z + z 2 + 1 ) arcsinh(z)=\ln(z+\sqrt{z^2+1}) . at z =1, a r c s i n h ( 1 ) = ln ( 1 + 2 ) arcsinh(1)=\ln(1+\sqrt{2}) . so,the expression equals n = 1 1 ( 2 n 1 ) 2 n 1 = 2 a r c s i n h ( 1 ) \sum_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{1}{(2n-1)2^{n-1}}=\sqrt{2}arcsinh(1) and 100 ( 2 + 1 ) = 300 100(2+1)=\boxed{300}

did you remove the picture in the question?

Department 8 - 5 years, 5 months ago

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nope. i didnt. i would not have. i would just have renamed the title which sounds a bit racist.

Aareyan Manzoor - 5 years, 5 months ago

How do you solve the bonus question?

Pi Han Goh - 5 years, 5 months ago

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we consider the summation n = 1 k x 2 n 2 = x 2 k 1 x 2 1 \sum_{n=1}^k x^{2n-2} =\dfrac{x^{2k}-1}{x^2-1} and do the same as i did. I havent tried it out as calculations will get tedious.

Aareyan Manzoor - 5 years, 5 months ago

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@Aareyan Manzoor Hmmm... that's what I started with, but I can't get a closed form.

Pi Han Goh - 5 years, 5 months ago

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@Pi Han Goh i cant either. a search on wolfram alpha gives

Aareyan Manzoor - 5 years, 5 months ago

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@Aareyan Manzoor There's one closed form by Lerch transcendent, but I doubt that's what the author had in mind.

Pi Han Goh - 5 years, 5 months ago

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@Pi Han Goh only if i knew this topic.. sorry i cant be of help here.

Aareyan Manzoor - 5 years, 5 months ago

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@Aareyan Manzoor Don't need to apologize. We're all learning =)

Pi Han Goh - 5 years, 5 months ago

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@Pi Han Goh Yes it is by lerch, my sister gave away this question.

Department 8 - 5 years, 5 months ago

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