How to sum this series:
11+111+1111+11111+⋯
My attempt:
Multiply and divide the series by 9
9(19+199+1999+19999+⋯)
9(110−1+1102−1+1103−1+1104−1+⋯)
Now let aN denote the number of divisors of N, after some simplification the series becomes:
9(1+∑aN10N)
This is where I am stuck...
PS: Please rectify my mistakes along the way
Answer
Your approach is very nice but, as pointed by Pranav Arora, for the summation up to term n, a CAS leads to S=9(ψ(0)110(n+1)log(10)−ψ(0)110(1)log(10)) and for the infinite summation, it becomes S=9(log(109)−ψ(0)110(1))log(10)≃1.100918190836200736379855
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