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Re: Unknown Sum of Series

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  • Subject: [mg63670] Re: Unknown Sum of Series
  • From: Peter Pein <petsie at dordos.net>
  • Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:49:12 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <dpb3vu$9tg$1@smc.vnet.net>
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Klaus G. schrieb:
> Mathematica 5.0 is not able to compute the symbolic sum:
> 
> Sum[(-1)^(1 + n)*(E - ( 1 + (1/n))^n ), {n, 1, Infinity}]
> 
> However, Nsum[...] results in 0.4456224031968407..
> 
> I tried http://oldweb.cecm.sfu.ca/projects/ISC/ to find hidden
> constants in that number like Pi or E, but without success.
> 
> Any idea?
> 
> Klaus G.
> 
According to http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AlternatingSeries.html there is 
(apparently(!)) no closed form known.


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