Discrete-time Fourier Analysis

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I am trying to compute the DTFT of x[n]=n(.5)^n u[n].

This is my work so far.
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Is this correct?
 
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I see that this topic totally stumps everyone! LOL

I have solved ths with an answer of

0.5 e^(-jw)/((1-0.5e^(-jw))^2)
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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