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Sum to Infinity - 1 (Posted on 2006-03-11)

Find the sum of the following series:

1 + 4/7 + 9/49 + 16/343 + .......... to infinity

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ravi Raja

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re(3): Solution

| Comment 7 of 13 |

(In reply to re(2): Solution by atheron)

Good point, atheron. I didn't appreciate the creativity of your approach. However, I beg to differ about its simplicity -- the sum of n^2/7^(n-1) seems much simpler to me.

Posted by Richard on 2006-03-11 14:03:16

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