If can be represented as where are positive integers each less than 10,000, then find the value of .
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Before we start to tackle the sum, let's focus on the expression that we are going to sum. Notice that ( k + 1 ) ! k 2 − 3 = = ( k + 1 ) ! k 2 + 2 k + 1 − 2 k − 4 ( k − 1 ) ! 1 − k ! 1 − ( k + 1 ) ! 2 We can now rewrite the summation as S = = = = k = 1 ∑ 2 0 0 6 ( − 1 ) k ( k + 1 ) ! k 2 − 3 k = 1 ∑ 2 0 0 6 ( − 1 ) k ( k − 1 ) ! 1 − k = 1 ∑ 2 0 0 6 ( − 1 ) k k ! 1 − k = 1 ∑ 2 0 0 6 ( − 1 ) k ( k + 1 ) ! 2 − 1 / 0 ! + 1 / 1 ! − 1 / 2 ! + 1 / 3 ! − 1 / 4 + . . . + 1 / 2 0 0 5 ! + 1 / 1 ! − 1 / 2 ! + 1 / 3 ! − 1 / 4 ! + . . . + 1 / 2 0 0 5 ! − 1 / 2 0 0 6 ! + 2 / 2 ! − 2 / 3 ! + 2 / 4 ! − . . . − 2 / 2 0 0 5 ! + 2 / 2 0 0 6 ! − 2 / 2 0 0 7 ! 1 + 1 / 2 0 0 6 ! − 2 / 2 0 0 7 ! Therefore, S − 1 = 1 / 2 0 0 6 ! − 1 / 2 0 0 7 ! = 2 0 0 5 / 2 0 0 7 ! , which gives us the final answer as A + B = 2 0 0 5 + 2 0 0 7 = 4 0 1 2 .