grandes-ecoles 2013 QII.C.3

grandes-ecoles · France · centrale-maths1__pc Sequences and Series Evaluation of a Finite or Infinite Sum

Let $r : \mathbb { R } \rightarrow \mathbb { R }$, be a $2 \pi$-periodic, odd function, such that $\forall \theta \in ] 0 , \pi ] , r ( \theta ) = \frac { \pi - \theta } { 2 }$.
Deduce that $\sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { + \infty } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 n + 1 ) ^ { 2 } } = \frac { \pi ^ { 2 } } { 8 }$.

Let $r : \mathbb { R } \rightarrow \mathbb { R }$, be a $2 \pi$-periodic, odd function, such that $\forall \theta \in ] 0 , \pi ] , r ( \theta ) = \frac { \pi - \theta } { 2 }$.

Deduce that $\sum _ { n = 0 } ^ { + \infty } \frac { 1 } { ( 2 n + 1 ) ^ { 2 } } = \frac { \pi ^ { 2 } } { 8 }$.

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QI.A.1 QI.A.2 QI.A.3 QI.B.1 QI.B.2 QI.C.1 QI.C.2 QI.C.3 QII.A.1 QII.A.2 QII.B.1 QII.B.2 QII.B.3 QII.B.4 QII.C.1 QII.C.2 QII.C.3 QIII.A.1 QIII.A.2 QIII.A.3 QIII.A.4 QIII.B.1 QIII.B.2 QIII.B.3 QIII.B.4 QIII.B.5 QIII.B.6 QIII.C.1 QIII.C.2 QIII.C.3 QIII.C.4 QIII.D.1 QIII.D.2 QIII.D.3 QIII.D.4 QIII.D.5 QIII.D.6 QIII.D.7 QIV.A.1 QIV.A.2 QIV.A.3 QIV.A.4 QIV.B QIV.C.1 QIV.C.2