Find the sum S below:
[tex] \displaystyle \large{S = \frac{2}{1 \cdot 3} + \frac{2}{3 \cdot 5} + \frac{2}{5 \cdot 7} + ... + \frac{2}{(2n - 1)(2n + 1)} }[/tex]
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Answer :

LammettHash

You can use the same technique I showed in another one of your questions (24467305).

Partial fractions:

[tex]\dfrac2{(2n-1)(2n+1)} = \dfrac a{2n-1} + \dfrac b{2n+1} \\\\ \implies 2 = a(2n+1) + b(2n-1) = (2a+2b)n + a- b \\\\ \implies \begin{cases}2a+2b=0 \\ a-b = 2\end{cases} \implies a = 1, b=-1[/tex]

Then we have a telescoping sum,

[tex]S = \displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^n \frac 2{(2k-1)(2k+1)} \\\\ S = \sum_{k=1}^n \left(\frac1{2k-1} - \frac1{2k+1}\right) \\\\ S = 1-\frac13 + \frac13 - \frac15 + \cdots +\frac1{2n-3}-\frac1{2n-1}+\frac1{2n-1}-\frac1{2n+1} \\\\ S = 1 - \frac1{2n+1} = \boxed{\frac{2n}{2n+1}}[/tex]

(And in case you were actually interested in an infinite sum, we can see that this converges to 1 as n goes to ∞.)

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