I would like to show that the following sum converges ∀x∈R as well as calculate the sum:
∑∞n=0n2−1n!xnn−1
First for the coefficient:
n2−1n!(n−1)=n+1n!
Then, what I did was to try and formulate this series to a series which I know:
∑∞n=0n2−1n!xnn−1=∑∞n=0(n+1n!)xn=⋯=1x∑∞n=0(n+1)2xn+1(n+1)!
I have ended up with this formula, which reminds me somehow the expansion of the exponential ex
∑∞n=0xnn!=ex
but I cannot see how the term (n+1)2 affects the result.
Thanks.
Answer
One should instead notice that
n+1n!=nn!+1n!=1(n−1)!+1n!
And then we get the well-known series expansion for ex.
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