Continued Fractional multiplication

Calculus Level 2

2 1 × 2 3 × 4 3 × 4 5 × 6 5 × = ? \frac{2}{1} \times \frac{2}{3} \times \frac{4}{3} \times \frac{4}{5} \times \frac{6}{5} \times \cdots = \ ?

This problem is a part of set nested radicals
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\infty π / 3 \pi/3 π \pi π / 2 \pi/2

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4 solutions

Kartik Sharma
Mar 28, 2015

It is just equal to l i m n > ( ( 2 n ) ! ! 2 ( 2 n + 1 ) ! ! ( 2 n 1 ) ! ! ) \displaystyle {lim}_{n->\infty}(\frac{(2n)!!^2}{(2n+1)!!(2n-1)!!})

Now, using stirling's approximation(of course we have to simplify this double factorial into single one and so on but that's just trivial),

it equals -

l i m n > ( n π 2 n + 1 ) \displaystyle {lim}_{n->\infty}(\frac{n\pi}{2n+1})

which is just(you can use anything, L'hopital's rule preferably)

π 2 \displaystyle \boxed{\frac{\pi}{2}}

Wallis product

Pi Han Goh - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Yeah, we can use that as well! It's just the same actually!

Kartik Sharma - 6 years, 2 months ago
Otto Bretscher
Apr 3, 2015

We need to find lim n ( n ! ! ) 2 ( n + 1 ) ! ! ( n 1 ) ! ! \lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{(n!!)^2}{(n+1)!!(n-1)!!} for even n n . We will use some basic results from Calculus I. Let a n = 0 π / 2 sin n x d x a_n = \int\limits_{0}^{\pi/2}\sin^{n}x dx . Using Integration by parts, one can show that a n = ( n 1 ) ! ! n ! ! a_n= \frac{(n-1)!!}{n!!} for odd n n and a n = ( n 1 ) ! ! n ! ! π 2 a_n= \frac{(n-1)!!}{n!!}\frac{\pi}{2} for even n n . Also, it is easy to see that lim n a n + 1 a n = 1 \lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n}=1 . For even n n , we have a n + 1 a n = ( n ! ! ) 2 ( n + 1 ) ! ! ( n 1 ) ! ! 2 π \frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n}=\frac{(n!!)^2}{(n+1)!!(n-1)!!}\frac{2}{\pi} . Taking the limit and multiplying with π 2 \frac{\pi}{2} , we find that lim n ( n ! ! ) 2 ( n + 1 ) ! ! ( n 1 ) ! ! = π 2 . \lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{(n!!)^2}{(n+1)!!(n-1)!!}=\frac{\pi}{2}.

Mark Toth
Sep 25, 2016

If you view the image, you see that it is literally half a pie. Therefore, logically, we may assume that answer

Richard Levine
Apr 7, 2015

This series reduces to 2 times the convergence value for the series product of (n^2-1)/n^2, where n=3,5,7,... A simple computer program shows that the series product converges on pi/4, so 2 times this is pi/2.

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