Find S = p ≥ 2 ∏ ∞ ( 1 + p 2 − 1 2 ) .
Where p is a prime number that is p only takes values 2 , 3 , 5 , 7 , 1 1 . . . . . .
If S can be represented as b a . Find a + b
Details and Assumptions
1) a , b are coprime positive integers.
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I thought this might be something difficult, so i looked it up and found the Euler product on wikipedia. Then, I used it to solve the question as above. Then I saw the proof for the Euler product identity. You can check it out here . Yes, high school algebra.
"Read Euler, read Euler, he is the master of us all." - Pierre-Simon Laplace
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Love that quote. Euler truly is the master of us all, side by side with Gauss and perhaps Ramanujan and Galois.
Yeah Thanks! For that proof!
The answer is 2 5
Edit : For those who want analytical solution it is : ζ ( 4 ) ( ζ ( 2 ) 2 )
Any analytical solution to this? The algorithmic/numerical solution is 5/2.
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Yes there is : ζ ( 4 ) ( ζ ( 2 ) 2 )
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What should i search online to get all that stuff, like riemann zeta function and eulers product etc, and that nasty sums , ? when i search gamma or riemann zeta function, all i get is some very poorly explained or too advanced stuffs
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@Mvs Saketh – Wikipedia page on riemann zeta function is the best.
Nice problem. I love employing Euler products.
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Well, here we will use Euler product formula.
ζ ( s ) = n = 1 ∑ ∞ n s 1 = p ∏ 1 − p − s 1
ζ ( 4 ) = p ∏ 1 − p − 4 1
= p ∏ 1 − p − 2 1 p ∏ 1 + p − 2 1
ζ ( 4 ) = ζ ( 2 ) p ∏ 1 + p − 2 1
p ∏ 1 + p − 2 1 = p ∏ p 2 + 1 p 2 = ζ ( 2 ) ζ ( 4 )
p ∏ 1 − p − 2 1 = p ∏ p 2 − 1 p 2 = ζ ( 2 )
p ∏ p 2 + 1 p 2 p ∏ p 2 − 1 p 2 = p ∏ p 2 − 1 p 2 + 1 = ζ ( 4 ) ζ ( 2 ) 2
As one can easily simplify S to the above form. We get the answer as -
9 0 π 4 ( 6 π 2 ) 2 = 2 5