Just seems infinite

Calculus Level 3

1 1 2 2 + 1 3 2 1 4 2 + 1 5 2 = ? \large 1 - \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} - \frac{1}{4^2} + \frac{1}{5^2} - \cdots = \, ?

π 2 24 \frac{\pi^2}{24} π 2 60 \frac{\pi^2}{60} π 2 30 \frac{\pi^2}{30} π 2 12 \frac{\pi^2}{12}

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Brian Moehring
Feb 11, 2017

Start with 1 + 1 2 2 + 1 3 2 + 1 4 2 + = π 2 6 . 1 + \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} + \frac{1}{4^2} + \cdots = \frac{\pi^2}{6}.

Then if we divide both sides by 2 2 = 4 2^2 = 4 , then we find 1 2 2 + 1 4 2 + 1 6 2 + 1 8 2 + = π 2 24 \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{4^2} + \frac{1}{6^2} + \frac{1}{8^2} + \cdots = \frac{\pi^2}{24}

Then, subtracting 2 × 2\times this infinite series from the first one, we have 1 1 2 2 + 1 3 2 1 4 2 + = π 2 6 2 ( π 2 24 ) = π 2 12 . 1 - \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3^2} - \frac{1}{4^2} + \cdots = \frac{\pi^2}{6} - 2\left(\frac{\pi^2}{24}\right) = \frac{\pi^2}{12}.

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