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#1 2015-03-24 05:11:21

cooljackiec
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Telescoping sum?


I see you have graph paper.
You must be plotting something
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#2 2015-03-24 10:31:38

bobbym
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Re: Telescoping sum?

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3 2015-03-24 14:32:24

cooljackiec
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Re: Telescoping sum?

o.O how in the world do you get that...


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#4 2015-03-24 16:04:25

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Re: Telescoping sum?

Experimental mathematics can get lots of answers at the cost of doing without the outmoded concept of mathematical rigor and proof.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#5 2015-03-24 16:38:59

cooljackiec
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Re: Telescoping sum?

Sounds intuitive, can you try to explain what your thought process was?


I see you have graph paper.
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#6 2015-03-24 17:29:22

bobbym
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Re: Telescoping sum?

I first examined,


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#7 2015-03-24 17:51:33

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Re: Telescoping sum?

Or:


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#8 2015-03-25 09:08:38

cooljackiec
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Re: Telescoping sum?

Using the above, how would you get 2?


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#9 2015-03-25 09:14:20

bobbym
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Re: Telescoping sum?

Did you try to telescope the series given?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#10 2015-03-25 09:17:34

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Re: Telescoping sum?

I tried S=the thing posted and S/3, not exactly sure how to do it, I have 3^k/(3^k+1)

Last edited by cooljackiec (2015-03-25 09:19:03)


I see you have graph paper.
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#11 2015-03-25 09:19:03

anonimnystefy
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Re: Telescoping sum?

A lot of stuff cancels out.

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2015-03-25 09:19:47)


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#12 2015-03-25 09:19:50

cooljackiec
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Re: Telescoping sum?

Derp I thought that 3^0+1 was 1 my bad


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#13 2015-03-25 09:33:29

bobbym
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Re: Telescoping sum?

Hi;

I tried S=the thing posted and S/3, not exactly sure how to do it, I have 3^k/(3^k+1)

You can not pull the 3 out of the log like that.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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