How to find the sum… - QuestionCove
OpenStudy (anonymous):

How to find the sum of k^2/k! from 0 to infinity?

4 years ago
OpenStudy (amistre64):

if there was a pattern we could find from the partial sums, that could be useful; but its still a shot in the dark

4 years ago
OpenStudy (anonymous):

Can i use the fact that the sum of 1/k! from 0 to infinity is e-1

4 years ago
OpenStudy (amistre64):

i cant say for sure .... you can give it a shot and then verify it with the wolf

4 years ago
OpenStudy (amistre64):

you can try taking the partial sums up to some arbitrary point, and then averaging the integrals of the remainder

4 years ago
OpenStudy (amistre64):

but i got no idea how to intgegrate a factorial at the moment

4 years ago
OpenStudy (amistre64):

$e=\frac1{0!}+\frac1{1!}+\frac1{2!}+\frac1{3!}+\frac1{4!}+\frac1{5!}+...$ $k^2e=k^2\left(\frac1{0!}+\frac1{1!}+\frac1{2!}+\frac1{3!}+\frac1{4!}+\frac1{5!}+...\right)$ pfft, theres prolly something wrong with my idea on that one

4 years ago
OpenStudy (sirm3d):

$\large \frac{ k^2 }{ k! }=\frac{k(k-1+1)}{k!}=\frac{k(k-1)}{k!}+\frac{k}{k!}=\frac{1}{(k-2)!}+\frac{1}{(k-1)!}$

4 years ago
OpenStudy (sirm3d):