The sum of 10 terms of the series
$${1 \over {1 + {1^2} + {1^4}}} + {2 \over {1 + {2^2} + {2^4}}} + {3 \over {1 + {3^2} + {3^4}}}\, + \,....$$ is
Solution
$$
\begin{aligned}
& T_n=\frac{n}{1+n^2+n^4} \\\\
& =\frac{n}{\left(\mathrm{n}^2-\mathrm{n}+1\right)\left(\mathrm{n}^2+\mathrm{n}+1\right)} \\\\
& =\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{\left(\mathrm{n}^2+\mathrm{n}+1\right)-\left(\mathrm{n}^2-\mathrm{n}+1\right)}{\left(\mathrm{n}^2-\mathrm{n}+1\right)\left(\mathrm{n}^2+\mathrm{n}+1\right)}\right] \\\\
& \Rightarrow \mathrm{T}_{\mathrm{n}}=\frac{1}{2}\left[\frac{1}{\left(\mathrm{n}^2-\mathrm{n}+1\right)}-\frac{1}{\left(\mathrm{n}^2+\mathrm{n}+1\right)}\right] \\\\
& \mathrm{S}_{\mathrm{n}}=\sum_{n=1}^{10} T_n \\\\
& =\frac{1}{2} \sum\left(\frac{1}{n^2-n+1}-\frac{1}{n^2+n+1}\right) \\\\
& =\frac{1}{2}\left[\left(\frac{1}{1}-\frac{1}{3}\right)+\left(\frac{1}{3}-\frac{1}{7}\right)+\left(\frac{1}{7}-\frac{1}{13}\right)\right. \\\\
& \left.\dots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots+\left(\frac{1}{91}-\frac{1}{111}\right)\right]
\end{aligned}
$$
<br/><br/>$\therefore$ $ S=\frac{1}{2}\left(1-\frac{1}{111}\right)=\frac{55}{111} $
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Subject: Mathematics · Chapter: Sequences and Series · Topic: Arithmetic Progression
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