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(-1)^n/(2*n-1)

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



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  oo         
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\   `        
 \         n 
  \    (-1)  
  /   -------
 /    2*n - 1
/___,        
n = 1        
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{\left(-1\right)^{n}}{2 n - 1}$$
Sum((-1)^n/(2*n - 1), (n, 1, oo))
The radius of convergence of the power series
Given number:
$$\frac{\left(-1\right)^{n}}{2 n - 1}$$
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
$$a_{n} = \frac{1}{2 n - 1}$$
and
$$x_{0} = 1$$
,
$$d = 1$$
,
$$c = 0$$
then
$$R = \tilde{\infty} \left(1 + \lim_{n \to \infty}\left(\left(2 n + 1\right) \left|{\frac{1}{2 n - 1}}\right|\right)\right)$$
Let's take the limit
we find
False
The rate of convergence of the power series
The answer [src]
-pi 
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 4  
$$- \frac{\pi}{4}$$
-pi/4
Numerical answer [src]
-0.785398163397448309615660845820
-0.785398163397448309615660845820
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Sum of series (-1)^n/(2*n-1)

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