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(-1)^n/n^2

Sum of series (-1)^n/n^2



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  oo       
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 \        n
  \   (-1) 
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  /      2 
 /      n  
/___,      
n = 1      
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{\left(-1\right)^{n}}{n^{2}}$$
Sum((-1)^n/n^2, (n, 1, oo))
The radius of convergence of the power series
Given number:
$$\frac{\left(-1\right)^{n}}{n^{2}}$$
It is a series of species
$$a_{n} \left(c x - x_{0}\right)^{d n}$$
- power series.
The radius of convergence of a power series can be calculated by the formula:
$$R^{d} = \frac{x_{0} + \lim_{n \to \infty} \left|{\frac{a_{n}}{a_{n + 1}}}\right|}{c}$$
In this case
$$a_{n} = \frac{1}{n^{2}}$$
and
$$x_{0} = 1$$
,
$$d = 1$$
,
$$c = 0$$
then
$$R = \tilde{\infty} \left(1 + \lim_{n \to \infty}\left(\frac{\left(n + 1\right)^{2}}{n^{2}}\right)\right)$$
Let's take the limit
we find
False
The rate of convergence of the power series
The answer [src]
   2 
-pi  
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  12 
$$- \frac{\pi^{2}}{12}$$
-pi^2/12
Numerical answer [src]
-0.822467033424113218236207583323
-0.822467033424113218236207583323
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Sum of series (-1)^n/n^2

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