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#1 2018-05-14 14:00:16

Monox D. I-Fly
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[ASK] Fraction Addition with Arithmetic Series as Denominators

Does anyone know how to add these fractions?


Like my previous question, I believe this one also has something which can be canceled out, and the denominators contain arithmetic series. Can this series be used to make some sorts of shortcuts?


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#2 2018-05-14 15:28:44

Grantingriver
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Re: [ASK] Fraction Addition with Arithmetic Series as Denominators

It can be proven that the sum of an arithmetic series with general difference of 1 is given by:


hence the given series can be written as:

The last expression is deduced like the previous question.

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