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Calculus Level 3

Compute ∑ n = 1 ∞ 1 n 17 \sum _{ n=1 }^{ \infty }{ \frac { 1 }{ { n }^{ 17 } } } till 2 decimal places.


The answer is 1.00.

Shivamani Patil by shivamani patil , 21, India

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Prakhar Gupta
Nov 12, 2014

To calculate the sum till 2 2 decimal places only significant figures will be for n = 1. n=1.

Even n = 2 n=2 will be too small to consider. So the answer is only 1 1 17 \dfrac{1}{1^{17}} i.e. 1 1 .

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Zuriel Aquino
Dec 17, 2014

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