Binomial TheoremHard
Question
The value of $\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty}\mspace{2mu}( - 1)^{k + 1}\left( \frac{k(k + 1)}{k!} \right)$ is :
Options
A.$2/e$
B.$1/e$
C.$\sqrt{e}$
D.$e/2$
Solution
$\ T_{k} = ( - 1)^{k + 1} \cdot \frac{k(k + 1)}{\lfloor k} = ( - 1)^{k + 1}\left( \frac{k(k - 1) + 2k}{\lfloor k} \right)$
∴ sum $= \sum_{k = 1}^{\infty}\mspace{2mu}\frac{( - 1)^{k + 1}}{k - 2} + \sum_{k = 1}^{\infty}\mspace{2mu}\frac{2( - 1)^{k + 1}}{k - 1}$
$${= \left( \frac{1}{⌞ - 1} - \frac{1}{⌞0} + \frac{1}{⌞1} - \frac{1}{⌞2} + \frac{1}{⌞3}\ldots \right) + \left( \frac{2}{⌞0} - \frac{2}{⌞1} + \frac{2}{⌞2} - \frac{2}{⌞3}\ldots \right) }{= \frac{1}{e}}$$
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