I'm interested in the following sum Sn.
Sn:=n∑k=1kk=11+22+33+⋯+nn.
Letting Tn:=Sn/nn, wolfram tells us the followings.
T5=1.09216,T10≈1.04051,T30≈1.01263,T60≈1.00622.
Then, here is my expectation.
My expectation:
limn→∞Tn=1.
It seems obvious, so I've tried to prove this, but I'm facing difficulty. Then, here is my question.
Question: Could you show me how to find limn→∞Tn if it exists?
Answer
Let n≥3. Look at the top. The sum of the terms up to and including (n−2)n−2 is ≤(n−2)(n−2)n−2. The next term is (n−1)n−1 and the last is of course nn.
So our ratio is >1 and less than
(n−2)(n−2)n−2nn+(n−1)n−1nn+1.
The limit of each of the first two terms of (1) is 0. For the first term is less than n⋅nn−2nn=1n and the second is also <1n.
The result now follows by Squeezing.
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