Strange infinite series problem using integral test.

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Homework Statement


I need to show that

\Sigma\frac{1}{nlnnlnlnn}

from n=27 to n=10^(100,000)

is approximately equal to 8.1
 
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i did the u substitution, u =nlnn

and i get

\int\frac{1du}{u}

which just becomes [lnu]
which becomes: [ln(lnlnn)] evaluated from 27 to 10^100,000
 
is the denominator of your summation n*ln(n)*ln(ln(n))?
 
yea it is
 
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