MathDB
Problems
Contests
National and Regional Contests
USA Contests
USA - College-Hosted Events
Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament
2000 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament
18
2000 Guts #18: Infinite trigonometric sum
2000 Guts #18: Infinite trigonometric sum
Source:
October 12, 2014
trigonometry
limit
Problem Statement
What is the value of
∑
n
=
1
∞
(
tan
−
1
n
−
tan
−
1
n
+
1
)
\sum_{n=1}^\infty (\tan^{-1}\sqrt{n}-\tan^{-1}\sqrt{n+1})
∑
n
=
1
∞
(
tan
−
1
n
−
tan
−
1
n
+
1
)
?
Back to Problems
View on AoPS