Sum of π s \pi_s

Algebra Level 2

n = 1 1 π n = 1 B A \large \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac 1{\pi^n} = \frac 1{B - A}

If the above infinite sum holds for real numbers A , B A, B and A B A \ne B , find the value of 1 A + B 1 - A + B , correct up to 3 decimal places.


The answer is 3.14159.

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1 solution

Viki Zeta
Mar 17, 2017

S = n = 1 1 π n = 1 π + 1 π 2 + 1 π 3 + 1 π 4 + S × π = 1 + 1 π + 1 π 2 + 1 π 3 + 1 π 4 + 1 π 5 + S π = 1 + S S π S = 1 S ( π 1 ) = 1 S = 1 π 1 \displaystyle S = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{1}{\pi^n} = \dfrac{1}{\pi} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^2} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^3} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^4} + \ldots \\ \displaystyle S \times \pi = 1 + \dfrac{1}{\pi} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^2} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^3} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^4} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^5} + \ldots \\ \displaystyle S\pi = 1 + S \\ \displaystyle S\pi - S = 1 \\ \displaystyle S(\pi - 1) = 1 \\ \displaystyle S = \dfrac{1}{\pi - 1}


Altier*

S n = 1 π + 1 π 2 + 1 π 3 + 1 π 4 + This is in GP a = 1 π r = 1 π S n = a 1 r = 1 π 1 1 π = 1 π π 1 π = 1 π 1 S_n = \dfrac{1}{\pi} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^2} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^3} + \dfrac{1}{\pi^4} + \ldots \\ \text{This is in GP} \\ a = \dfrac{1}{\pi} \\ r = \dfrac{1}{\pi} \\ S_n = \dfrac{a}{1-r} \\ = \dfrac{\dfrac{1}{\pi}}{1 - \dfrac{1}{\pi}} \\ = \dfrac{\dfrac{1}{\pi}}{\dfrac{\pi - 1}{\pi}} \\ = \dfrac{1}{\pi - 1}

Coprime applies only to integers. π \pi is not an integer.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 2 months ago

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mhm. Then what could the pharse be?

Viki Zeta - 4 years, 2 months ago

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"for positive real numbers A A and B B ". The coprime is used for quotient, for example, 1 2 = 2 4 = 3 6 . . . \frac 12 = \frac 24 = \frac 36 ... . If you don't specified a b \frac ab , where a a and b b are coprime positive integers (1 and 2), there are infinitely many solutions.

Chew-Seong Cheong - 4 years, 2 months ago

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