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Evaluate this sum (Posted on 2005-12-21) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Evaluate this sum in terms of n (the number of terms):
        1      2       4        8          16         
   S = --- + ----- + ----- + ------- + ---------- + ..... 
        2      5       41     3,281    21,523,361              

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Some Thoughts Using Charlie's idea (spoiler?) | Comment 2 of 15 |

Almost there (not a proof):

Analyzing values for 1-S(n) it can be seen that

1-S(n) = 2^(n+1) / (3^(2^(n+1))-1)

and the sum approaches 1.  Now if I could only relate that somehow to the terms of S.  The equations are, not surprisingly, very similar.


  Posted by Bob Smith on 2005-12-21 14:51:24
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