# General series

1. May 30, 2010

### lakshya91

sum up the series :
1/(1.3.5)+1/(3.5.7)+1/(5.7.9)+...................................n terms.

2. May 30, 2010

### Dickfore

The general term of the series is:

$$a_{n} = \frac{1}{(2 n - 1)(2 n + 1)(2 n + 3)}, \ n \ge 1$$

It can be represented in terms of partial fractions:

$$a_{n} = \frac{A}{2 n - 1} + \frac{B}{2 n + 1} + \frac{C}{2 n + 3}$$

Find $A$, $B$ and $C$!

After you do that, notice that the denominator of the second term is just that of the first term evaluated for $n + 1$ and the third is for $n + 2$. You can use some trick after that which is pretty common to simplify the n-th partial sum of the series

$$S_{n} = \sum_{k = 1}^{n} {a_{k}}, \ n \ge 1$$

3. May 30, 2010

### lakshya91

hey, i tried this way but it does not worked out for me or may be i do not grasp your solution. Please give me a detailed solution

4. May 30, 2010

### uart

It's called a "telescoping" series. Why don't you start by showing us what numerical values you obtained for "A", "B" and "C" in the partial fractions expansion. Then we can tell you if you're on the right track or not.