Compute
1⋅12+2⋅14+3⋅18+⋯+n⋅12n+⋯
Let x=12|x|<1
Now we have: s=∞∑n=1nxn
Let the progression to be summed be put equal to s:
s=x+2x2+3x3+4x4+⋯+nxn+⋯
It is divided by x and multiplied by dx then
s dxx=dx+2x dx+3x2 dx+4x3 dx+⋯+nxn−1 dx+⋯
and with the integrals taken this equation is found
∫s dxx=x+x2+x3+x4+⋯+xn+⋯=x1−x infinite geometric progression
Therefore from the equation:
∫s dxx=x1−x
on differentiation s is found. For the equation becomes:
sx=x1−x(1x−(−1)1−x)=11−x+x(−1)(1−x)−2(−1)=11−x+x(1−x)2=1−x+x(1−x)2=1(1−x)2
thus there is produced:
s=x(1−x)2
So let x=12:
s=12(1−12)2=12(12)2=112s=2
finally
1⋅12+2⋅14+3⋅18+⋯+n⋅12n+⋯=2