Find the value of x → ∞ lim k = ⌊ x ⌋ ∑ ⌊ 2 x ⌋ k 1 .
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First, since x is going to infinity, the floor functions can be basically ignored. Then, I made a not-so rigorous jump: I replaced the sum with an integral, since the value is very similar. At infinity, it turns out to be the same.
Then, I simply solved: lim x → ∞ ∫ x 2 x k 1 d k = lim x → ∞ ( l n ( 2 x ) − l n ( x ) ) = l n ( 2 )
So, the answer is ln 2, or . 6 9 3
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This sum is the same as
HarmonicNumber ( 2 x ) - HarmonicNumber ( x − 1 )
where
HarmonicNumber ( x ) = k = 1 ∑ x k 1 .
For large x ,
HarmonicNumber ( x ) = L o g ( x ) + γ
so the limit as x → ∞ for this sum is ( L o g ( 2 x ) + γ ) − ( L o g ( x − 1 ) + γ ) = L o g ( 2 )
γ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant.