Tuesday 18 August 2015

calculus - Infinite Series $sumlimits_{n=0}^{infty}arctan(frac{1}{F_{2n+1}})$




How can I find the value of the following sum?
$$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\arctan(\frac{1}{F_{2n+1}})$$
$F_n$ is the Fibonacci number.($F_1=F_2=1$)


Answer



OK, let us denote by $a_n$ this complex number: $$a_n = (F_1 + i)(F_3 + i)\ldots(F_{2n-1} + i).$$ I claim that for every $n \geq 1$ we have $a_n = C \cdot (1 + F_{2n} i)$, where $C$ is a positive real number (that depends on $n$).



Let us prove this by induction. For $n = 1$ we have $$a_1 = F_1 + i = 1 + i = 1 + F_2 i.$$



Now the transition. Suppose we have proved that $a_n = C(1 + F_{2n}i)$, where $C$ is a positive real. Then

$$
a_{n+1} = a_n (F_{2n+1} + i) = C (1 + F_{2n}i)(F_{2n+1} + i) = C(F_{2n+1}-F_{2n} + i\cdot(F_{2n} F_{2n+1} + 1)).
$$
Now, from the equalities on wikipedia it's easy to derive that $F_{2n}F_{2n+1} + 1 = F_{2n-1}F_{2n+2}$. Then we have
$$
a_{n+1} = CF_{2n-1}(1 + F_{2n+2}i).
$$
$CF_{2n-1}$ is a positive real number, so this completes the proof.



Now we are ready to prove that your infinite sum is equal to $\pi/2$. If we look at the partial sum, we easily find that

$$
\sum_{n=0}^{k}\arctan(\frac{1}{F_{2n+1}}) = \sum_{n=0}^{k}\arg (F_{2n+1} + i) = \arg a_{k+1} = \arctan(F_{2k + 2}).
$$
As $k$ tends to $+\infty$, $F_{2k+2}$ also tends to $+\infty$, and its $\arctan$ tends to $\pi/2$. So the answer is $\pi/2$.


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