Let H n = 1 + 2 1 + 3 1 + ⋯ + n 1 be the n th harmonic number .
The sum n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 n H n = B π A for some positive integers A and B . What is A + B ?
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Could you please explain how we can deduce n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 n H n = − ∫ 0 2 1 x ( 1 − x ) ln ( 1 − x ) d x from the generating function?
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Since n = 1 ∑ ∞ H n x n = − 1 − x ln ( 1 − x ) ∣ x ∣ < 1 we deduce that n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 n H n = = − ∫ 0 2 1 x ( 1 − x ) ln ( 1 − x ) d x = − ∫ 2 1 1 x ( 1 − x ) ln x d x − n = 0 ∑ ∞ ∫ 2 1 1 x n − 1 ln x d x and since ∫ 2 1 1 x n − 1 ln x d x = { − 2 1 ( ln 2 ) 2 − n 2 1 + n 2 n ln 2 + n 2 2 n 1 n = 0 n ≥ 1 we deduce that n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 n H n = = = 2 1 ( ln 2 ) 2 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ { n 2 1 − n 2 n ln 2 − n 2 2 n 1 } 2 1 ( ln 2 ) 2 + ζ ( 2 ) − ( ln 2 ) 2 − L i 2 ( 2 1 ) ζ ( 2 ) − 2 1 ( ln 2 ) 2 − 1 2 1 π 2 + 2 1 ( ln 2 ) 2 = 1 2 1 π 2 making the answer 2 + 1 2 = 1 4 .