Design a formula to calculate nested radicals of the form: m 1 m n m n 2 m n 3 ⋯
where n is a postive real number and m is a positive integer.
Using the formula you got from previous step, the result of: 5 1 5 3 5 9 5 2 7 ⋯ will be in the form of x y , y is prime. What is x + y ?
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3 1 / 2 5 ∗ 9 1 / 1 2 5 ∗ 2 7 1 / 6 2 5 . . . = 3 1 / 2 5 + 2 / 1 2 5 + 3 / 6 2 5 + . . . = 3 1 / 1 6 = 1 6 3 so that the answer is 1 9
The general case is n 1 / m 2 + 2 / m 3 + 3 / m 4 + . . . = n 1 / ( m − 1 ) 2
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Q = m 1 m n m n 2 m n 3 ⋯ = ( n m 2 1 ) ( n 2 ( m 3 1 ) ) ( n 3 ( m 4 1 ) ) ⋯ = n m 2 1 + m 3 2 + m 4 3 + m 5 4 ⋯ Let S = m 2 1 + m 3 2 + m 4 3 + m 5 4 ⋯ ( A G P ) m S = m 3 1 + m 4 2 + m 5 3 + ⋯ Subtracting we get S ( 1 − m 1 ) = m 2 1 + m 3 1 + m 4 1 ⋯ ( Infinite GP )
(For positive integer 'm' this is a Infinite GP) ⇒ S = ( m − 1 ) 2 1 ⇒ Q = n ( m − 1 ) 2 1 For n=3, m=5 we get Q = 3 1 6 1 = 5 1 5 3 5 9 5 2 7 ⋯ ∴ 1 6 + 3 = 1 9