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| 920.1 |  | HPSTEK::XIA |  | Fri Aug 19 1988 14:07 | 4 | 
|  |     These problems are all from a book written by a Russian (whose name
    I can neither pronouce nor type out in alphebet).  The title of
    the book sounds something like: Problems in Analysis.
    Eugene
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| 920.2 |  | CLT::GILBERT |  | Fri Aug 19 1988 17:52 | 26 | 
|  | >            oo   n^2 + 1
>    2. find sum  ------------ x^n (in closed form that is).
>            n=0  (2^n) * (n!)                             
    Well,
                 oo  x^n
        exp(x) = sum ---
                 n=0 (n!)
                   oo     x^n
        exp(x/2) = sum ----------
                   n=0 (2^n) (n!)
                        oo  n * x^(n-1)
        d/dx exp(x/2) = sum ----------- = exp(x/2) / 2
                        n=1 (2^n) (n!)
                                oo  n^2 * x^(n-1)
        d/dx (x * exp(x/2)/2) = sum ------------- = x/4 * exp(x/2) + exp(x/2)/2
                                n=1  (2^n) (n!)
    So,
        oo      n^2 + 1         x^2 exp(x/2)   x exp(x/2)
        sum  ------------ x^n = ------------ + ---------- + exp(x/2)
        n=0  (2^n) * (n!)            4             2
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| 920.3 |  | LISP::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,LISP,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Fri Aug 19 1988 19:04 | 19 | 
|  |      Problem 3:
     
            oo         1
    3. find sum (-1)^n -  (This is truely easy).
            n=0        n
     First, we invoke the FFT (Fudge Factor Theorem) to change
     the lower limit from 0 to 1.
     
     Then we just rattle off the result from memory:  - ln 2.
     
     No, seriously, if you integrate dx/(1 + x) from x=0 to
     x=1, you get ln 2 - ln 1 = ln 2.  If before integrating
     you expand the fraction as an infinite series, you get
     the integral from x=0 to x=1 of dx(1 - x + x^2 - x^3 + ...)
     Integrate this term by term to get 1 - 1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 + ...
     which is "minus" the requested sum.
     
     Dan
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| 920.4 |  | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Thu Nov 17 1988 19:20 | 10 | 
|  |      No one did problem 1:
     
>>                  oo    1 
>>    1. Let f(x) = sum  ---  
>>                  n=1  n^x  
>>    
>>    Prove that f is continuously differentiable for x > 1.
>>    (Comment this function is called Riemann function).
     
     Dan
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