Fixing singularities with fun(ctions)

Calculus Level 5

f ( x ) = tan ( x ) tan ( x + α ) f\left( x \right) =\tan { \left( x \right) } \tan { \left( x+\alpha \right) }

Let a n { a }_{ n } denote the n th n^\text{th} smallest positive value of α \alpha that will make f ( x ) f\left( x \right) continuous over all real values of x x . Evaluate the following sum:

n = 1 ( tan ( n ) tan ( n + a n ) ) n a n . \sum _{ n=1 }^{ \infty }{ \dfrac { { \left( \tan { ( n ) } \tan { ( n+{ a }_{ n } ) } \right) }^{ n } }{ { a }_{ n } } }.

Round your answer to the nearest three decimal places.


The answer is -0.500.

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Important hints- a n a_n =(2n-1)pi/2.Also,at the last step we will have to use the Taylor expansion of arc(tanx) at x=-1.

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