Series

1.

The sum of the first, second and third terms of a geometric progression to the sum of the third, fourth and fifth
terms is

4:9.

15

Find the tenth term of the series, if the sixth term is

2.

Find the sum to n

3.

If

1+

terms of the series :

sn denotes the sum of

s1 + s 2 + ... + s n1

x
a

(1 + x ) +

terms of the series

n sn

3
16

x2
a

(1 + x + x 2 ) + x 3 (1 + x + x 2 + x 3 ) + ...
2

(r 1) , show that

1 + r + r 2 + r 3 + ...

n(1 r )

2n 1

4.

Find the sum of the first n

terms of a series whose nth term is

5.

Sum to n

6.

The nth term of a certain series is of the form a + bn + cn2 , where a, b, c are numbers .

1
1
1
1 + + 1 + 3 + 1 + 5 + ...
r r r

terms :

3 n +1

.
If the first

three terms are 2, -1, -3 , find the values of a, b and c and the sum of the first n terms .
7.

Find the sum of n

1 + (1 + x ) sin + (1 + x + x 2 )sin 2 + (1 + x + x 2 + x 3 )sin 3 + ... ,

terms of the series :

and prove that the sum approaches the limit

lies between certain limits.

that x

as n increases indefinitely, provided

(1 sin )(1 x sin )

What are these limits ?

b...

continued to infinity.

( This value is assumed to exist. )

8.

Find the value of

9.

Prove that the sum of the terms within the nth bracket of the series :
+ 17 + 19) +

10.

Let

(1) + (3 + 5) + (7 + 9 + 11) + (13 + 15

is n3 , and that the sum of the terms in the first n brackets is

1
4

n 2 ( n + 1)

S k = 1k + 2 k + 3k + ... + n k .
S1 =

n ( n + 1)

S2 =

n ( n + 1)( 2 n + 1)

(i)

Prove that

(ii)

Prove the following general formula

( k + 1)S k +
(iii) Put

( k + 1)k
1 2

S k 1 +

(k + 1)k ( k 1)
1 2 3

S k ( n ) = 1k + 2 k + 3k + ... + n k ,

S3 =

n 2 ( n + 1) 2
4

S k 2 + ... + ( k + 1) S1 + S 0 = ( n + 1)

k +1

prove the formula

nS k ( n ) = S k +1 ( n ) + S k ( n 1) + S k ( n 2)... + S k ( 2) + S k (1) .

(iv) (a)

Prove that

S k = 1k + 2 k + 3k + ... + n k = An k +1 + Bn k + Cn k 1 + ... + Ln ,

i.e. that the sum Sk(n)

can be represented as a polynomial of the (k+1) th degree in n with

coefficients independent of n and without a constant term .

(b)

Show that

A=

1
k +1

B=

1
2

(v)

Show that the following formulas take place

n( n + 1)( 2 n + 1)(3n 2 + 3n 1)

S4 =

30

S5 =
S6 =
S7 =

n ( n + 1) (2n 2 + 2n 1)
2

12
6n + 21n + 21n 5 7 n 3 + n
7

42
3n + 12n + 14n 6 7 n 4 + 2n 2
8

42
2
n ( n + 1) 3n ( n + 1) 2(2n 2 + 2n 1)
2

24
(vi) Prove that the following relations take place
S 3 = S1 ,
11.

2 S 5 + S 3 = 3S 2 ,

S5 + S7 = 2S3

Determine the sums of the following series

(i)

1 + 4 x + 9 x 2 + ... + n 2 x n 1

(iii) 1 +
12.

24

4 S1 = S 3 + 3S 5 ,

n( n + 1)( 2n + 1) 3n 2 ( n + 1) (3n 2 + 3n 1)

3
2

7
8

+ ... +

2n 1
2

13 + 2 3 x + 33 x 2 + ... + n 3 x n 1

(ii)

(iv) 1

n 1

3
2

5
4

7
8

+ ... + ( 1)

n 1

2n 1
2 n1

Determine the sums of the following series

(i)

1 2 + 3 4 + ... + ( 1)

n 1

(iii) 12 32 + 5 2 7 2 + ... ( 4n 1)

(ii)

12 2 2 + 32 4 2 + ... + ( 1)

(iv)

2 12 + 3 2 2 + 4 32 + ... + ( n + 1)n 2 .

13.

Find the sum of n numbers of the form 1, 11, 111, 1111, .

14.

Prove the identity

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

1
1 2

1
23

1
1 2 3

1
1 3 5

1
3 4

1
2 3 4

2
3 5 7

+ ... +

1
n( n + 1)

1
3 4 5

3
5 7 9

S=

14

= 1

+ ... +
24

n +1

n( n + 1)( n + 2 )

11
1

2 2 ( n + 1)( n + 2 )

(2n 1)( 2n + 1)(2n + 3)

34

+ ... +

Compute the sum

16.

Find the sum of n terms of the series whose nth term is

(i)
(iii)
(v)

n 2 ( n + 1)

n 2 ( n + 1)

3 5

5 7

n 2 + 2n

n( n + 1)
2( 2n + 1)( 2n + 3)

( 2n 1)( 2n + 1)

(ii)

4n 2 1
n 3 + 3n 2 + 2 n + 2

n4

15.

1 3

n2

+ ... +

n1

(iv)
(vi)

(n 2 + 5n + 4)(n 2 + 5n + 8)
n 4 + 2n 3 + n 2 1
n2 + n
n4 + n2 +1
n4 + n