Find the sum of the following series if ∣ x ∣ <1 :-
( 1 − x ) ( 1 − x 3 ) 1 + ( 1 − x 3 ) ( 1 − x 5 ) x 2 + ( 1 − x 5 ) ( 1 − x 7 ) x 4 + …
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@Aditya Tiwari
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I think this is the obvious method to do this question . Overrated problem according to me .
NOT A SOLID SOLUTION: I've just checked first term for x = 2 1 , it comes out to be 7 1 6 , hence, options A,C are rejected, also D becomes 8 for x = 2 1 , which is a very large value for this converging series.
( 1 − x ) 2 1 is a common factor and all quantities are + tive. |x|<1 so its higher powers approach zero. So ( 1 + x ) ∗ ( 1 − x ) 2 1 can only be the solution.
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This is the sigma notation-
∑ n = 1 ∞ ( ( 1 − x 2 n + 1 ) ( 1 − x 2 n − 1 ) x 2 n − 2 )
x 2 1 ∑ n = 1 ∞ ( ( 1 − x 2 n + 1 ) ( 1 − x 2 n − 1 ) x 2 n )
Now we can split the term in the following way -
1 − x 2 n + 1 − 1 + x 2 n − 1 = x 2 n ( x 1 − x )
x 2 1 ∑ n = 1 ∞ ( − x + x 1 1 1 − x 2 n − 1 1 − − x + x 1 1 1 − x 2 n + 1 1 )
x ( 1 − x 2 ) 1 ∑ n = 1 ∞ ( 1 − x 2 n − 1 1 − 1 − x 2 n + 1 1 )
Now, this is a telescoping series converging to 1 − x 1
And hence, the total sum converges to -
x ( 1 − x 2 ) ( 1 − x ) 1
x ( ( 1 − x ) 2 ) ( 1 + x ) 1