Sunday, November 15, 2015

How to calculate the limit of the sum f(1)+f(2)+....+f(n), if f(x)=ln[(x+2)/x], n->infinite?

We'll have to substitute x by 1,2,...n, into the given
expression of f(x).


f(1) = ln (1+2)/1 = ln
3/1


f(2) = ln (2+2)/2 = ln
4/2


f(3) = ln (3+2)/3 = ln
5/3


........................


f(n-2)
= ln (n-2+2)/(n-2) = ln n/(n-2)


f(n-1) = ln (n-1+2)/(n-1) =
ln (n+1)/(n-1)


f(n) = ln
(n+2)/n


We'll add f(1) + ....+f(n) = ln 3/1 + ln 4/2 + ln
5/3 + ... + ln n/(n-2) + ln (n+1)/(n-1) + ln (n+2)/n


Since
the bases of logarithms are matching, we'll transform the sum into a
product:


 f(1) + ....+f(n) = ln
(3/1)*(4/2)*(5/3)*...*[n/(n-2)]*[(n+1)/(n-1)]*[(n+2)/n]


We'll
simplify and we'll
get:


 f(1)
+ ....+f(n) = ln (n+1)(n+2)/2


We'll apply limit both
sides:


lim


 f(1)
+ ....+f(n) = lim ln (n+1)(n+2)/2


lim ln (n+1)(n+2)/2 = ln
lim (n+1)(n+2)/2


Since the order of numeraor is bigger than
the order of denominator, the limit is
infinite.


lim [ f(1) + ....+f(n)] =
infinite

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