Thread: infinite sequences and series

T= from n=0 to infinity of k^(2n) x ((1x3x5...(2n-1))/(2x4x6x...(2n)))

or
T=[1+(1^2/2^2) k^2 + (1^2x3^2/2^2x4^2) k^4 ...]

notice that all the terms in the series after the first one have coefficients that are at most 1/4. Use this fact to compare this series with a geometric series and show that

(1+k^2/4) < T < (4-3k^2)/(4-4k^2)

Originally Posted by noscbs

T= from n=0 to infinity of k^(2n) x ((1x3x5...(2n-1))/(2x4x6x...(2n)))

or
T=[1+(1^2/2^2) k^2 + (1^2x3^2/2^2x4^2) k^4 ...]

notice that all the terms in the series after the first one have coefficients that are at most 1/4. Use this fact to compare this series with a geometric series and show that

(1+k^2/4) < T < (4-3k^2)/(4-4k^2)

Is this your series, correct? Can this be a power series? I am learning the same subject as well, and just as well curious to get all facts before I attempt this problem

Also can someone rectify for me since this function would be undefined at n = 0 if the current form I wrote above, is correct before doing some simplification, would you note want to do an index shift and start the index and n = 1?

your series is



If we multiply the numerator and the denominator by

( the purpose is to fill up the space between odd no. )

the numerator becomes



the denomerator becomes



If we the take a factor out from each even no.
and since there are n terms , it is equivalent to






therefore the series is actually

Amazing, This is why calculus make me mad at times, how do you know when to do such things or if it is proper/correct to do that?
I am having trouble trying to write out the work for the last bit where you begin the factoring

Originally Posted by RockHard

Amazing, This is why calculus make me mad at times, how do you know when to do such things or if it is proper/correct to do that?
I am having trouble trying to write out the work for the last bit where you begin the factoring

But my expression of the series is not useful to solve the problem ...

In fact , it is the Taylor's expression for the function

some textbooks may show how to reach the result

Thanks for the input because those factorial are tricky to me sometimes.

Yes rockhard I completely agree that these factorials can be tricky in this problem ... however, the first part of the inequality seems pretty easy, T will always be larger, because you are adding a positive value to something of an equal value. It is the second part, proving T is less than that expression, that I just cannot get.

Agreed. Also getting rid of factorials when simplifying for me gets confusing alot, hence why I have trouble grasping SP last reply the second part, more so