1.II.12C

Analysis | Part IA, 2003

State carefully the formula for integration by parts for functions of a real variable.

Let f:(−1,1)→Rf:(-1,1) \rightarrow \mathbb{R} be infinitely differentiable. Prove that for all n⩾1n \geqslant 1 and all t∈(−1,1)t \in(-1,1),

f(t)=f(0)+f′(0)t+12!f′′(0)t2+…+1(n−1)!f(n−1)(0)tn−1+1(n−1)!∫0tf(n)(x)(t−x)n−1dx.f(t)=f(0)+f^{\prime}(0) t+\frac{1}{2 !} f^{\prime \prime}(0) t^{2}+\ldots+\frac{1}{(n-1) !} f^{(n-1)}(0) t^{n-1}+\frac{1}{(n-1) !} \int_{0}^{t} f^{(n)}(x)(t-x)^{n-1} d x .

By considering the function f(x)=log⁡(1−x)f(x)=\log (1-x) at x=1/2x=1 / 2, or otherwise, prove that the series

∑n=1∞1n2n\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n 2^{n}}

converges to log⁡2\log 2.

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