If above sum can be expressed as where are integers, find the value of .
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The series expansions for sinh ( x ) and cosh ( x ) are sinh ( x ) = k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 2 k − 1 ) ! x 2 k − 1 cosh ( x ) = k = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 2 k ) ! x 2 k
The given sum can be written as n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 2 ( n − 1 ) ) ! 2 ( n + 1 ) = n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 2 ( n − 1 ) ) ! 2 ( n − 1 ) + 4 = n = 2 ∑ ∞ ( 2 ( n − 1 ) − 1 ) ! 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 2 ( n − 1 ) ) ! 4
Adjusting the limits of both sums, they become n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 2 n − 1 ) ! 1 + 4 n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 2 n ) ! 1 which on comparison with the expansions, is equivalent to the expression sinh ( 1 ) + 4 cosh ( 1 ) giving A + B + C = 6