I am trying to understand how this sum was transformed from
∞∑n=1√nn(n+1)
to
1+∞∑n=2√n−√n−1n
I see that the index was changed from n=1 to n=2, thus requiring that the case for n=1 be added but I get 12. Not sure where the 1 comes from and how they transformed the rest of the sum.
Answer
Note that
N∑n=1(√nn(n+1))=N∑n=1(√nn−√nn+1)=N∑n=1(√nn)−N∑n=1(√nn+1)=1+N∑n=2(√nn)−N∑n=1(√nn+1)=1+N∑n=2(√nn)−N∑n=2(√n−1n)−√NN+1=1+N∑n=2(√n−√n−1n)−√NN+1
Taking the limit as N→∞ shows that
∞∑n=1(√nn(n+1))=1+∞∑n=2(√n−√n−1n)
as was to be shown!
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