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patpat

Frequent VisitorJoined: 13 Apr 2004Posts: 31

Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:58 pm    Post subject: A question

Calculate the value of

Kenny TM~

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Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:18 pm    Post subject:

I think it is 3.

leepakhin

Joined: 24 Mar 2005Posts: 12

Location: Hong Kong

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:39 pm    Post subject:

Yes, the answer is 3. This can be evaluated from a discovery by the genius Indian mathematician Ramanujan

where the first term has the progression: ; the second term, does not change while the third term progresses as:

leepakhin

Joined: 24 Mar 2005Posts: 12

Location: Hong Kong

Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2005 11:41 pm    Post subject:

Substituting yields 3.

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