If can be expressed in the form , where and are positive integers, find the value of .
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For a fixed n , we see that the expression inside is ( 2 2 0 0 0 ) 1 / n 2 ( 2 2 2 0 0 0 ) 1 / n 2 ( 2 3 2 0 0 0 ) 1 / n 2 ( 2 4 2 0 0 0 ) 1 / n 2 = ( 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 ) 1 / n 2 . It is not hard to see that 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 = 5 0 6 . Therefore, P = n = 1 ∏ ∞ ( 5 0 6 ) / n 2 = ( 5 0 6 ) 1 / 1 2 + 1 / 2 2 + 1 / 3 2 + ⋯ = ( 5 0 6 ) π 2 / 6 = 5 0 π 2 . Note that 1 2 1 + 2 2 1 + 3 2 1 + ⋯ = 6 π 2 is a well-known telescopic summation. Then we have A = 5 0 and B = 2 , so B A = 2 5 .