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So we can rewrite the series this way:
∑ n = 0 ∞ n ( n − 2 ) 3 n − 3 1 = ∑ n = 0 ∞ n ( n − 2 ) x n − 3 , where x = 3 1 , and so noticing the derivative with respect to x:
∑ n = 0 ∞ n ( n − 2 ) x n − 3 = ( ∑ n = 0 ∞ n x n − 2 ) ′ = ( x 1 ∑ n = 0 ∞ n x n − 1 ) ′ repeting the same process, i.e:
( x 1 ∑ n = 0 ∞ n x n − 1 ) ′ = ( x 1 ( ∑ n = 0 ∞ x n ) ′ ) ′ and solving the inner part you obtain:
( x 1 ( ∑ n = 0 ∞ x n ) ′ ) ′ = ( x 1 ( 1 − x 1 ) ′ ) ′ = ( x 1 ( 1 − x ) 2 1 ) ′ = x 2 ( x − 1 ) 3 1 − 3 x , finally as x = 3 1 you get that:
∑ n = 0 ∞ n ( n − 2 ) 3 n − 3 1 = 0