General question on series summation.
How does one go about summing up a series like 1/(n+1) (say n=25 to 50) ?
What if it were 1/(n+1)^2 ?
Navjot...I hope you read this. You could probably solve this in seconds. :-)
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Re: Summation of series
heh. don't hold your breath.
there is definitely NOT a simple formula for either of these sums.
as for the first one, even Leonhard Euler, the greatest mathematician of all time, could only muster a strange-looking approximation:
http://www.umass.edu/wsp/statistics/math/euler.html
as for the second one, that's not much better. in fact, if you can produce a reliable formula for things like that, then you're well on your way to winning a million dollars. seriously. (click the link for details)
there is definitely NOT a simple formula for either of these sums.
as for the first one, even Leonhard Euler, the greatest mathematician of all time, could only muster a strange-looking approximation:
http://www.umass.edu/wsp/statistics/math/euler.html
as for the second one, that's not much better. in fact, if you can produce a reliable formula for things like that, then you're well on your way to winning a million dollars. seriously. (click the link for details)
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