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Old 11-11-2007, 09:51 PM
yellowjack yellowjack is offline
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Default Help w/ Geometric Series Involving cos(xn)

I need to show that:

2*sum[ (( 1/3)^t) * cos(wt) ]
where we are summing from t=1 to inf, is equal to:
( 1 - 3cos(w) ) / ( 3cos(w) - 5 )

Any links/tips would be helpful. I haven't been able to find anything via google.
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Old 11-11-2007, 10:13 PM
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Default Re: Help w/ Geometric Series Involving cos(xn)

cos(wt) is the real part of exp(iwt), so your series is the real part of an absolutely convergent complex geometric series.
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Old 11-11-2007, 11:52 PM
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Default Re: Help w/ Geometric Series Involving cos(xn)

ok
solved in probability forum
thanks for the post ADDboy
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