Limit+sum

Calculus Level 1

1 1 3 + 1 3 5 + 1 5 7 + 1 7 9 + = ? \large \frac{1}{1\cdot 3} + \frac{1}{3\cdot 5} +\frac{1}{5\cdot 7} + \frac{1}{7 \cdot 9} + \cdots = \ ?

1 2 \frac{-1}{2} 1 2 \frac{1}{2} 1 None of these

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Maggie Miller
Aug 20, 2015

Using partial fraction decomposition,

n = 1 1 ( 2 n 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) = 1 2 n = 1 ( 1 2 n 1 1 2 n + 1 ) \displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{(2n-1)(2n+1)}=\frac{1}{2}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1}{2n-1}-\frac{1}{2n+1}\right)

= lim n 1 2 ( 1 1 3 + 1 3 1 5 + 1 5 1 2 n 1 + 1 2 n 1 1 2 n + 1 ) \displaystyle=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{1}{2}\left(1-\frac{1}{3}+\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{5}+\frac{1}{5}-\cdots-\frac{1}{2n-1}+\frac{1}{2n-1}-\frac{1}{2n+1}\right)

= lim n 1 2 ( 1 1 2 n + 1 ) = 1 2 \displaystyle=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{1}{2}\left(1-\frac{1}{2n+1}\right)=\boxed{\frac{1}{2}} .

Jaiveer Shekhawat
Aug 20, 2015

1/(1X3)+1/(3X5)+1/(5X7)+1/(7X9)...=1/3+1/15+1/35+1/63... =(1-2/3)+(2/3-3/5)+(3/5-4/7)+(4/7-5/9)... =1+(-2/3+2/3)+(-3/5+3/5)+(-4/7+4/7)+(-5/9...=1 This was my original thinking. While I have now looked at the problem from several other perspectives and am convinced about the answer being 1/2, I still cannot determine where my original thinking is in error.

David Richner - 4 years, 4 months ago

@Akhil Bansal it should be lim n tend to infinite which appears to lim x tend to infinite in question which makes this question a trick question as there is no term of x answer could be none of these ???

RAJ RAJPUT - 5 years, 9 months ago

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Where did you get the 'x' from? The 'n' is just a dummy variable. I'm not sure I understand you.

Whitney Clark - 4 years, 10 months ago

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I commented on this long ago, at that time it was like what i mentioned above ..... one more thing now I don't remember the question what it was at that time .....

RAJ RAJPUT - 4 years, 10 months ago

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