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Sum of series n*x^n



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n=1nxn\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} n x^{n}
Sum(n*x^n, (n, 1, oo))
The radius of convergence of the power series
Given number:
nxnn x^{n}
It is a series of species
an(cxx0)dna_{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:
Rd=x0+limnanan+1cR^{d} = \frac{x_{0} + \lim_{n \to \infty} \left|{\frac{a_{n}}{a_{n + 1}}}\right|}{c}
In this case
an=na_{n} = n
and
x0=0x_{0} = 0
,
d=1d = 1
,
c=1c = 1
then
R=limn(nn+1)R = \lim_{n \to \infty}\left(\frac{n}{n + 1}\right)
Let's take the limit
we find
R=1R = 1
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{x(1x)2forx<1n=1nxnotherwise\begin{cases} \frac{x}{\left(1 - x\right)^{2}} & \text{for}\: \left|{x}\right| < 1 \\\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} n x^{n} & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}
Piecewise((x/(1 - x)^2, |x| < 1), (Sum(n*x^n, (n, 1, oo)), True))

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