Let
f ( s ) = n = 0 ∑ ∞ s n 1 .
If the value of
s = 2 ∑ 1 0 f ( s )
can be represented as B A where A and B are positive, coprime integers, find the value of A + B .
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Yep. Solved it exactly like this.
What if s<0?
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Do you need to care about it? You have to solve it for s from 2 to 10... And s being negative or positive doesn't matter in @mathh mathh 's solution
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Sorry i mean to say 0<s<1.
f ( s ) = s 1 − 1 1 ( s n 1 − 1 , now if 0<s<1, then f(s)=, the answer will vary
What do you think @Pranjal Jain @Seth Lovelace
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@U Z – if 0<s<1,f(S) will diverge to infinity and a function f(s) can't be defined
A slightly more algebraic solution.
s = 2 ∑ 1 0 f ( s ) = s = 2 ∑ 1 0 n = 0 ∑ ∞ s n 1 = s = 2 ∑ 1 0 1 − s 1 1 = s = 2 ∑ 1 0 s − 1 s = s = 1 ∑ 9 s s + 1
= s = 1 ∑ 9 ( 1 + s 1 ) = s = 1 ∑ 9 1 + s = 1 ∑ 9 s 1
= 9 + ( 1 1 + 2 1 + 4 1 + 8 1 ) + ( 3 1 + 6 1 + 9 1 ) + 5 1 + 7 1
= 9 + 1 − 2 1 1 − ( 2 1 ) 4 + 3 1 ( 1 1 + 2 1 + 3 1 ) + 5 1 + 7 1
= 9 + 8 1 5 + 1 8 1 1 + 3 5 1 2 = 2 5 2 0 2 2 6 8 0 + 4 7 2 5 + 1 5 4 0 + 8 6 4 = 2 5 2 0 2 9 8 0 9 = B A
⇒ A + B = 2 9 8 0 9 + 2 5 2 0 = 3 2 3 2 9
done exactly these steps.
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f ( s ) = n = 0 ∑ ∞ s n 1 = 1 − s 1 1 = s − 1 s ⟹ s = 2 ∑ 1 0 f ( s ) = s = 2 ∑ 1 0 s − 1 s = 1 2 + 2 3 + 3 4 + ⋯ + 9 1 0 = 2 5 2 0 2 9 8 0 9 ⟹ answer = 2 9 8 0 9 + 2 5 2 0 = 3 2 3 2 9