Exercise 390Calculus › Single-variable calculus › Series › Find the sumL1Added 2 Nov 2026
Telescoping with a shift p
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Statement
For a fixed integer , show that converges and compute its sum.
Hint
. After telescoping, the first and the last terms survive.
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Solution
Convergence. , which is summable, so the series converges by comparison.
Partial sums.
The second group has terms, each tending to .
Sum.