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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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Solution Solution - Spoiler | Comment 13 of 15 |

Each term n is as follows:

Numerator = 2^(n-1)

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

This is basically a simplification of what Mindy wrote in a previous comment (thanks!).


  Posted by dopey915 on 2005-12-22 11:54:14
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