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Calculus Level 4

Evaluate

m , n 1 m 2 n 2 m ( m 2 n + n 2 m ) \sum_{m,n \geq 1} \frac{m^2n}{2^m(m2^n+n2^m)}


The answer is 2.

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1 solution

Kishlaya Jaiswal
Feb 17, 2015

Let S = m , n 1 m 2 n 2 m ( m 2 n + n 2 m ) S = \sum_{m,n \geq 1} \frac{m^2n}{2^m(m2^n+n2^m)}

We observe that the given sum is symmetric that means if we swap the variables m m and n n , the answer would still remain the same. Thus, we can state that

S = m , n 1 m 2 n 2 m ( m 2 n + n 2 m ) = n , m 1 n 2 m 2 n ( m 2 n + n 2 m ) S = \sum_{m,n \geq 1} \frac{m^2n}{2^m(m2^n+n2^m)} = \sum_{n,m \geq 1} \frac{n^2m}{2^n(m2^n+n2^m)}

Adding the two sums, we get

2 S = m , n 1 m 2 n 2 m ( m 2 n + n 2 m ) + n 2 m 2 n ( m 2 n + n 2 m ) = m , n 1 m n m 2 n + n 2 m ( m 2 m + n 2 n ) = m , n 1 m n m 2 n + n 2 m ( m 2 n + n 2 m 2 m 2 n ) = m , n 1 m n 2 m 2 n = ( m 1 m 2 m ) 2 \begin{aligned} 2S & = & \sum_{m,n \geq 1} \frac{m^2n}{2^m(m2^n+n2^m)} + \frac{n^2m}{2^n(m2^n+n2^m)} \\ & = & \sum_{m,n \geq 1} \frac{mn}{m2^n+n2^m} \left(\frac{m}{2^m}+\frac{n}{2^n}\right) \\ & = & \sum_{m,n \geq 1} \frac{mn}{m2^n+n2^m} \left(\frac{m2^n+n2^m}{2^m2^n}\right) \\ & = & \sum_{m,n \geq 1} \frac{mn}{2^m2^n} \\ & = & \left(\sum_{m \geq 1} \frac{m}{2^m}\right)^2 \\ \end{aligned}

Now, using Geometric Expansion, we see that 1 1 x = n = 0 x n \frac{1}{1-x} = \sum_{n=0}^\infty x^n Differentiating the above series w.r.t x x and then multiplying by x x , we get x ( 1 x ) 2 = n = 0 n x n \frac{x}{(1-x)^2} = \sum_{n=0}^\infty nx^n

By setting x = 1 2 x = \frac{1}{2} , we get the above required sum.

Thus, 2 S = ( 1 2 ( 1 1 2 ) 2 ) 2 = 4 2S = \left(\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{(1-\frac{1}{2})^2}\right)^2 = 4

S = 2 \boxed{S = 2}

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