i = 1 ∑ 1 0 0 0 ( − 1 ) i ( H i − H i + 1 H i + H i + 1 )
Consider the sequence H 1 , H 2 , … , H n where all H i are in a harmonic progression. Then find the value of the summation above.
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The general term of an Harmonic progression can be represented as:
H i = a + ( i − 1 ) d 1
where a is the reciprocal of the first term and d is the common difference.
⇒ ( H i − H i + 1 H i + H i + 1 ) = a + ( i − 1 ) d 1 − a + i d 1 a + ( i − 1 ) d 1 + a + i d 1 = ( a + ( i − 1 ) d ) ( a + i d ) d ( a + ( i − 1 ) d ) ( a + i d ) 2 a + 2 i d − d = d 2 a + 2 i d − d
Hence the summation can be represented as:
∑ i = 1 1 0 0 0 ( − 1 ) i × ( d 2 a + 2 i − 1 )
Let each term of the summation be represented as S i
S 2 n − S 2 n − 1 = ( − 1 ) 2 n × ( d 2 a + 4 n − 1 ) − ( − 1 ) 2 n − 1 × ( d 2 a + 4 n − 3 ) = 2
Hence for each pair of such consecutive numbers ( 2n and (2n-1 )) the net sum in the summation is 2 . Since there are 5 0 0 such pairs of numbers from 1 to 1000 ( 1 , 2 ) , ( 3 , 4 ) . . . . . . , ( 9 9 9 , 1 0 0 0 ) the total value of the summation is 5 0 0 × 2 = 1 0 0 0