Monday 11 February 2013

real analysis - Geometric series in closed form.



$$f=\sum_{k=3}^{\infty}(-1)^kx^{(2k-2)}$$



i would like to write this as the geometric power series!



Is there a ritual you have to do to solve this? thanks in advance.


Answer



$$\sum_{k\geq3}\left(-1\right)^{k}x^{2k-2}=\frac{1}{x^{2}}\sum_{k\geq3}\left(-x^{2}\right)^{k}=-x^{4}\sum_{k\geq0}\left(-x^{2}\right)^{k}.
$$



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