Sophie Germain and series

Calculus Level 2

Evaluate the series n = 1 4 n 4 n 4 + 1 . \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{4n}{4n^4+1}.

Hint: This wiki may help.


The answer is 1.000.

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3 solutions

Patrick Corn
Nov 13, 2016

The bottom factors (via the Sophie Germain identity ) as ( ( n + 1 ) 2 + n 2 ) ( ( n 1 ) 2 + n 2 ) , ((n+1)^2+n^2)((n-1)^2+n^2), so the summand can be rewritten as 4 n 4 n 4 + 1 = 1 ( n 1 ) 2 + n 2 1 n 2 + ( n + 1 ) 2 . \frac{4n}{4n^4+1} = \frac1{(n-1)^2+n^2} - \frac1{n^2+(n+1)^2}. It should now be clear that the series telescopes , to 1 ( 1 1 ) 2 + 1 2 = 1. \frac1{(1-1)^2+1^2} = 1.

well,you kind of gave away the problem with the title you gave the problem!

Rohith M.Athreya - 4 years, 7 months ago

Nicely done :)

When summing an infinite telescoping series, please ensure that the second term tends to 0.

Calvin Lin Staff - 4 years, 7 months ago

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When summing an infinite telescoping series, please ensure that the second term tends to 0.

Could you share the reason for this particular remark?

Swapnil Das - 4 years, 6 months ago

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It's something that people almost always forget to check.

I posted a version similar to :

n + 1 n n + 2 n + 1 \sum \frac{ n+1}{n} - \frac{ n+2}{n+1}

Many people answered 1 + 1 1 = 2 \frac{1+1}{1} = 2 .

[Another example, but depends on how you break it up]

Calvin Lin Staff - 4 years, 6 months ago
Aditya Sky
May 21, 2017

Notice that, 4 n 4 + 1 = ( 2 n 2 + 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n 2 2 n + 1 ) 4n^{4}+1\,=\,(2n^{2}+2n+1)(2n^{2}-2n+1) and 4 n = ( 2 n 2 + 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n 2 2 n + 1 ) 4n\,=\,(2n^{2}+2n+1)\,-\,(2n^{2}-2n+1) . Now, define S = n = 1 r 4 n 4 n 4 + 1 S\,=\, \sum_{n=1}^{r} \dfrac{4n}{4n^{4}+1} . From, aforementioned identities, it follow that, S = n = 1 r ( 2 n 2 + 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n 2 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n 2 + 2 n + 1 ) ( 2 n 2 2 n + 1 ) S\,=\,\sum_{n=1}^{r}\dfrac{(2n^{2}+2n+1)\,-\,(2n^{2}-2n+1)}{(2n^{2}+2n+1)(2n^{2}-2n+1)} .

So, S = n = 1 r [ 1 2 n 2 2 n + 1 1 2 n 2 + 2 n + 1 ] = n = 1 r [ 1 2 n 2 2 n + 1 1 2 ( n + 1 ) 2 2 ( n + 1 ) + 1 ] = n = 1 r 1 2 n 2 2 n + 1 n = 2 r + 1 1 2 n 2 2 n + 1 = 1 1 2 ( r + 1 ) 2 2 ( r + 1 ) + 1 = 1 1 2 r 2 + 2 r + 1 S\,=\,\sum_{n=1}^{r}\left[\dfrac{1}{2n^{2}-2n+1}\,-\,\dfrac{1}{2n^{2}+2n+1}\right]\,=\,\sum_{n=1}^{r} \left [\dfrac{1}{2n^{2}-2n+1}\,-\,\dfrac{1}{2(n+1)^{2}-2(n+1)+1}\right]\,=\,\sum_{n=1}^{r}\dfrac{1}{2n^{2}-2n+1}\,-\,\sum_{n=2}^{r+1}\dfrac{1}{2n^{2}-2n+1}\,=\,1-\dfrac{1}{2(r+1)^{2}-2(r+1)+1}\,=\,1-\dfrac{1}{2r^{2}+2r+1} .

Now, required sum = l i m r S = lim r ( 1 1 2 r 2 + 2 r + 1 ) = 1 =\,lim_{r \to \infty} S\,=\,\lim_{r \to \infty} \left(1\,-\,\dfrac{1}{2r^{2}+2r+1}\right)\,=\,1 .

Ankush Moger
Jul 27, 2017

By using Sophie Germain we can solve it easily

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