A nice infinite series courtesy of Ramanujan

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • Here's an infinite series that's in fact the first series submitted by Ramanujan to the Indian Mathematical Society. The solution development is both simple and elegant and doesn't need too much mathematical sophistication beyond introductory calculus to comprehend.

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  • @SuperSilver316
    @SuperSilver316 Год назад +8

    In my readings on the digamma function, series where the terms are rational functions can expressed as a finite sum of digamma functions evaluated at wherever the series is undefined multiplied by the appropriate constants, it’s actually such a cool formula!!

  • @yoav613
    @yoav613 Год назад +11

    Nice! Ramanujan solved so many crazy and hard infinite sum and products,so i guess he solved this one in his head when he could'nt sleep 🤣💯

  • @Risu0chan
    @Risu0chan Год назад +5

    From the fraction decomposition, I solved it differently. Since each term is a harmonic series H(n) in 1/n, it diverges. However we have a nice approximation γ + ln(n) + o(1). By manipulating each harmonic series, it's possible to have a nice sum of H(2n) and H(4n). Finally all γ and all ln(n) cancel out. At the limit, the o(1) goes to zero, and what remains is the correct solution -½+¾ln2.

  • @viniciusmoretti
    @viniciusmoretti Год назад +4

    Let's call this sum inteegral.

  • @grigoriefimovitchrasputin5442
    @grigoriefimovitchrasputin5442 Год назад +1

    That's so cool to see people who loves maths and do that kind of content. Thank you so much for everything !

  • @Teja26051995
    @Teja26051995 Год назад +3

    These manipulations are cool, but how do we know they are justified? The infinite series for ln 2 is conditionally convergent. Referring to Tom Apostol's Mathematical Analysis, Section 8.6(Inserting and Removing Parentheses), the two series we've split into are parenthesizations of the ln 2 series. As such, their partial sums are subsequences of the sequence of partial sums for the ln 2 series, and hence converge to the same limit.
    To justify the splitting of the original sum, we probably need to note that the two parts converge, and their term-by-term addition also converges to the sum of limits.
    Just wanted to split some hairs to ensure we're rigorous here..

  • @zeggwaghismail827
    @zeggwaghismail827 Год назад

    Very excellent. Thank you very much.
    Greetings from Morocco.

  • @bilkishchowdhury8318
    @bilkishchowdhury8318 4 месяца назад

    I discovered this formula:
    ln2 ÷4 = sum (1÷(n^3-n))
    where n is the odd integers multiplied by 2

  • @tani6990
    @tani6990 Год назад +3

    Common Ramanujan W

  • @MrWael1970
    @MrWael1970 Год назад

    Thank you for your effort.

  • @djbj1993
    @djbj1993 Год назад +1

    How can you justify the step at 5:12 where you split the series in two? As far as I know the series needs to be absolutely convergent, which it obviously is not...

  • @Abdouaep
    @Abdouaep Год назад +3

    i love apples

  • @ranjithkumararunachalam3844
    @ranjithkumararunachalam3844 Год назад

    Where I learn about series , calculas,....... As self study.

  • @carlosgiovanardi8197
    @carlosgiovanardi8197 Год назад +1

    next time the foxtrot series!!

    • @maths_505
      @maths_505  Год назад +1

      Oh the one from the comics!
      Sure
      That can be evaluated nicely using residues

  • @santoshsubedi9471
    @santoshsubedi9471 Год назад

    Please make a video on proof of theorem sent by Ramanujan to GH hardy in his letter

  • @carlosgiovanardi8197
    @carlosgiovanardi8197 Год назад +1

    Are there other sums similar to this one?

    • @carlosgiovanardi8197
      @carlosgiovanardi8197 Год назад

      I was playing with WA. And instead of 4, i used 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Fun results were obtained.

  • @skakistisA
    @skakistisA Год назад

    Spoiler alert: This approximately 0.02

  • @giuseppemalaguti435
    @giuseppemalaguti435 Год назад

    Ho fatto semplicemente con A/4n+B/4n-1+C/4n+1...e risulta( 1/2)(ln2-1)...ma perché é negativo? Boh, non capisco.. Forse in una serie a segni alterni(A, B, C hanno segni discordi), come prendi gli addendi, dà somme diverse...ho visto il video,e come sospettavo,tu hai preso gli addendi diversamente da me,facendo somme e sottrazioni qua e là..mah..??... I coefficienti A, B, C sono corretti, - 1,1/21/2...per cui risulta.. - 1/4-1/8-1/12-1/16....+1/6+1/14+1/22+1/30....+1/10+1/18+1/26+1/34...=-1/4+1/6-1/8+1/10-1/12+1/14-1/16+1/18-1/20....=(-1/2)(1/2-1/3+1/4-1/5+1/6-1/7+1/8-1/9...=(-1/2)(1-ln2)..e cosa mi dici?

    • @primsiren1740
      @primsiren1740 Год назад

      Io non sono esperto però la somma no e convergente assolutamente. Puoi manipularla per prendere qualsiasi valore che vuoi. C'è bisogno di essere molto attento con somme come questo. Se metti "convergenza condizionale" in Google sicuramente puoi capire di più.

  • @erfanmohagheghian707
    @erfanmohagheghian707 Год назад

    Ok Bruh. Don't lie to me that you do not delete comments which include links to other videos Lol. I'll send you screenshot if you're gonna insist on your lie. It's totally fine sir. It's your channel, your property. I wish you the best. I just thought that we could potentially collaborate. Have a good one.

    • @maths_505
      @maths_505  Год назад

      Share the link right here as a reply to my comment. Lemme see how tf it gets deleted

    • @erfanmohagheghian707
      @erfanmohagheghian707 Год назад

      @@maths_505 ruclips.net/video/YBIDlMYjdHo/видео.html
      Worth to note that I learnt this method from Dr. Penn

    • @maths_505
      @maths_505  Год назад +1

      Nd dude you pissed me off last time you pulled that deleted comment stunt. I just checked yt analytics. There's no comment from you in the published or held for review tabs. Nd go ask Daniel, the kid who makes incredible calculus videos. I tried to promote his videos myself by creating community posts linking to his videos. You're welcome to link comments back to your videos and even tag me in titles about coming up with better ways to solve the problem but don't post that slanderous BS that I'm deleting your comments. I don't know if it's a technical glitch and I dont care. Post the link NOW as a comment and if it doesn't work just tag me in the video title about how you came up with a better way to solve this problem. Got it kid.....

    • @maths_505
      @maths_505  Год назад

      There you go that's the link....I don't see it deleted

    • @erfanmohagheghian707
      @erfanmohagheghian707 Год назад

      @@maths_505 I believe you when you say there must be a technical problem. You're doing a great job and I have learnt things from you. I would love us to collaborate and I will of course put the link to your videos in my description. Honestly this is more fun and math love to me than trying to get views and I'm sure there are so many people out there who could do same stuff much better than I do.