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cabellos
Apr20-07, 07:10 AM
My problem is:

I must find the sum of ((-1)^(n+1))/2n-1 between infinity and n=1.

I have looked in all my available textbooks for a clear example but im still unsure as to how i should approach the problem?

Help with this would be much appreciated.

Thankyou.

Dick
Apr20-07, 07:53 AM
Do you really have to sum it, or just show it converges? The former is easy. I'm not sure how to do the latter unless someone can think of a taylor series that resembles your series.

Dick
Apr20-07, 08:35 AM
Try this. Take the series for log(1+x) and think about putting x=i.

HallsofIvy
Apr20-07, 10:23 AM
But that's not a "Fourier series", that's just a power series.