n → ∞ lim k = 1 ∑ n ( k + 3 ) ! k 3 + 6 k 2 + 1 1 k + 5
Now let the above sum be expressed in the form b a , where a and b are integers which are co-prime. Then find a + b .
If you think the summation may not converge to a finite limit then type 2 2 as your answer
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Thus we see that the limit converges and its nothing but e ! ! . This was the method in which I solved, I want to know if people have any other solution. Thanks for the solution again
Yeah I was working on that and I have posted it... I posted a solution using Telescopic Series first because Telescopic series has fascinated me a lot... :-)
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Yeah , thanks for uploading the solution. Since it is an infinite summation I think it would better to use series expansion of e because The convergence is assured .
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Isn't it assured in Telescopic sums too?? ( Just asking)... as after calculating partial sums and then applying limit we get the same result..
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@Rishabh Jain – Yes to a large extent it is applicable, but I have till now not seen many infinite summations which are solved by telescopic. Anyway it was à thought that I shared, may be somebody like @Calvin Lin or ( @Otto Bretscher could help us.
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@Vignesh S – To solve this rigorously, we have to do telescoping partial sums and then take the limit: ∑ k = 1 n ( k ! 1 − ( k + 3 ) ! 1 ) = 1 ! 1 + 2 ! 1 + 3 ! 1 − ( n + 1 ) ! 1 − ( n + 2 ) ! 1 − ( n + 3 ) ! 1 , which approaches 3 5 as n goes to infinity.
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T = k = 1 ∑ n ( k + 3 ) ! ( k + 3 ) ( k + 2 ) ( k + 1 ) − 1
= k = 1 ∑ n ( k ! 1 − ( k + 3 ) ! 1 ) ( ∗ ∗ )
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∴ n → ∞ lim T = ⎝ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎜ ⎛ ( 1 − 4 ! 1 ) + ( 2 ! 1 − 5 ! 1 ) + ( 3 ! 1 − 6 ! 1 ) + ( 4 ! 1 − 7 ! 1 ) ⋯ ⋯ ⎠ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎟ ⎞
= 1 + 2 1 + 6 1 = 3 5
∴ 5 + 3 = 8
∗ ∗ Alternatively we can use expansion of e i.e e = 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ n ! 1
n → ∞ lim T = k = 1 ∑ ∞ ( k ! 1 ) − k = 4 ∑ ∞ ( k ! 1 )
= ( e − 1 ) − ( e − 1 − 1 − 2 1 − 6 1 ) = 3 5