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 May 14th, 2018, 06:00 PM #1 Senior Member     Joined: Nov 2010 From: Indonesia Posts: 1,952 Thanks: 132 Math Focus: Trigonometry [ASK] Fraction Addition with Arithmetic Series as Denominators Does anyone know how to add these fractions? $\displaystyle \frac11+\frac1{1+2}+\frac1{1+2+3}+…+\frac1{1+2+3 +…+2009}$ Like my previous question, I believe this one also has something which can be canceled out, and the denominators contain arithmetic series. Can this series be used to make some sorts of shortcuts? Last edited by greg1313; May 14th, 2018 at 10:49 PM.
 May 14th, 2018, 10:08 PM #2 Global Moderator     Joined: Oct 2008 From: London, Ontario, Canada - The Forest City Posts: 7,807 Thanks: 1045 Math Focus: Elementary mathematics and beyond $$\sum_{k=1}^n\frac{2}{k(k+1)}=\frac{2n}{n+1}$$ You can prove it via induction. Thanks from topsquark Last edited by greg1313; May 14th, 2018 at 10:16 PM.
 May 15th, 2018, 05:45 AM #3 Math Team   Joined: Oct 2011 From: Ottawa Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,421 Thanks: 832 Sum of the reciprocals of the 1st n triangular numbers...

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