r = 1 ∑ ∞ [ 2 r 1 tan ( 2 r π / 4 ) ]
If the series above equals to A π B + C for integers A , B and C , find the value of A × B × C .
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There is a trigonometric identity -
c o t ( x ) + 2 1 t a n ( 2 x ) = 2 1 c o t ( 2 x )
which looks quite too obvious and can be used to much importance in this problem.
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How can this identity be used in this problem?
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Add and subtract c o t ( x ) in the summation.
Then, it would become something like:
− c o t ( π / 4 ) + c o t ( π / 4 ) + 2 1 t a n ( π / 8 ) + 4 1 t a n ( π / 1 6 ) + . . .
− c o t ( π / 4 ) + 2 1 c o t ( π / 8 ) + 4 1 t a n ( π / 1 6 ) + . . .
− c o t ( π / 4 ) + 2 1 ( c o t ( π / 8 ) + 2 1 t a n ( π / 1 6 ) ) + . . .
− c o t ( π / 4 ) + 4 1 c o t ( π / 1 6 ) + 8 1 t a n ( π / 3 2 ) + . . .
and repeating the process we can get
− c o t ( π / 4 ) + 2 n 1 c o t ( 2 n + 2 π )
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@Kartik Sharma – Good Idea! Lets see what this implicates further.
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@Satyajit Mohanty – What will it implicate further? It has given the answer. I didn't get you.
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@Kartik Sharma – I meant to say that I'm working on this identity to frame a good problem.
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@Satyajit Mohanty – i just pressed 4 and it was right bingo!!!!!!!
L e t A = ∏ r = 1 n c o s ( 2 r x ) . . . . . . . ( 1 ) F i r s t t r y t o p r o v e t h a t A = 2 n 1 s i n x . c o s e c ( 2 x ) . . . . . . . . . . . ( 2 ) T a k i n g l o g o n b o t h s i d e s i n e q n 1 a n d d i f f e r e n t i a t i n g w r t x , A A ′ = ∑ r = 1 n ( 2 r 1 . t a n ( 2 r x ) ) N o w f i n d A ′ f r o m e q n 2 a n d s u b s t i t u t e . N o w a f t e r s u b s t i t u t i o n s w e g e t ∴ lim n → ∞ ∑ r = 1 n ( 2 r 1 . t a n ( 2 r x ) ) = x 1 − c o t x ∴ lim n → ∞ ∑ r = 1 n ( 2 r 1 . t a n ( 2 r 4 π ) ) = π 4 − 1
JUST USE THE IDENTITY , tan(A) = cot(A) - 2cot(2A) , AND THIS WILL RESULT IN A TELESCOPING SEREIS
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This is just a similar to my problem: Not an usual Trigonometric Summation! .
This is the same solution I had also posted there.
We have (By-multiplying Numerator and Denominator by sin ( 2 n x ) ):
n → ∞ lim cos ( 2 x ) cos ( 2 2 x ) cos ( 2 3 x ) … cos ( 2 n x ) = x sin ( x )
Differentiating above, we obtain:
n = 1 ∑ ∞ 2 n 1 tan ( 2 n x ) = x 1 − cot ( x )
We'll apply the above result in a step below. Now,
L = n → ∞ lim k = 1 ∑ n 2 k 1 tan ( 4 ⋅ 2 k π ) = n → ∞ lim k = 1 ∑ n 2 k 1 tan ( 4 π ⋅ 2 k 1 )
= n → ∞ lim n = 1 ∑ ∞ 2 n 1 tan ( 2 n x ) where x = 4 π .
= x 1 − cot ( x ) = π 4 − cot ( 4 π ) = π 4 − 1
So, A = 4 , B = − 1 , C = − 1 , A × B × C = 4 .