Question

1/3+1/1+1/4+1/1+1/5+1/9+... should the answer be infty or indeterminate?

Answer 1

this sequence has no definite pattern, can't say what will be the answer
indeterminate

Answer 2

its the sum of the reciprocal of the expansion of pi.

Answer 3

check this out

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1%2F3%2B1%2F1%2B1%2F4%2B1%2F1%2B1%2F5%2B1%2F9%2B...+&cdf=1

Answer 4

it contains 1/0. (alot of 1/0s.)

Answer 5

the sum you gave me isn't complete.

Answer 6

and it shouldn't be :p

Answer 7

yeah :)

Answer 8

Does this help?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_series_(mathematics)

Answer 9

Not really. I know about the harmonic series, and doesn't really help much.
The sum contains alot of 1/0s, so I've been wondering what the sum should be.

Answer 10

After the ninth term, the harmonic series has numbers less than 1/9
Your series will have a term >= 1/9
If harmonic diverges, and your series has terms > harmonic's then yours must diverge

Answer 11

Divergence means its indeterminate?

Answer 12

Eventually you will get a 1/0 in your series
From wikipedia:
The expression 1/0 is not commonly regarded as an indeterminate form because there is not an infinite range of values that f/g could approach.

i.e. the series diverges to + infinity

Answer 13

I don't rly understand it, but thanks a lot :)