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Sum of series (x+4)^n/n^2



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n=1(x+4)nn2\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{\left(x + 4\right)^{n}}{n^{2}}
Sum((x + 4)^n/n^2, (n, 1, oo))
The radius of convergence of the power series
Given number:
(x+4)nn2\frac{\left(x + 4\right)^{n}}{n^{2}}
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=1n2a_{n} = \frac{1}{n^{2}}
and
x0=4x_{0} = -4
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d=1d = 1
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c=1c = 1
then
R=4+limn((n+1)2n2)R = -4 + \lim_{n \to \infty}\left(\frac{\left(n + 1\right)^{2}}{n^{2}}\right)
Let's take the limit
we find
R=3R = -3
The answer [src]
/polylog(2, 4 + x)  for |4 + x| <= 1
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{Li2(x+4)forx+41n=1(x+4)nn2otherwise\begin{cases} \operatorname{Li}_{2}\left(x + 4\right) & \text{for}\: \left|{x + 4}\right| \leq 1 \\\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{\left(x + 4\right)^{n}}{n^{2}} & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}
Piecewise((polylog(2, 4 + x), |4 + x| <= 1), (Sum((4 + x)^n/n^2, (n, 1, oo)), True))

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