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Homework Statement
From Mary Boas: Math for Phys. Sci. Ch1.15.20
20. By computer or tables, find the exact sum of each of the following series.
a. [tex] \sum _{ n=1 }^{ \infty }{ \frac { { n } }{ { (4{ n }^{ 2 }-1) }^{ 2 } } } [/tex]
Homework Equations
N/A. One is supposed to use an analytic program, or a table to find this.
The Attempt at a Solution
I was able to get Maxima to give me exact answers for some really simple sums like [tex] \sum _{ n=1 }^{ \infty }{ \frac { { 1 } }{ { n }^{ 2 } } } [/tex] Is this just too much to ask Maxima? Would mathematica handle this? It has been a long time since I have used Mathematica because I prefer to use GNU software when it is available.