Find the sums of the following series:
a) \({\frac {1} {1 \times 2}} + {\frac {1} {2 \times 3}} + {\frac {1} {3 \times 4}} + {\frac {1} {4 \times 5}} + \dots\);
b) \({\frac {1} {1 \times 2 \times 3}} + {\frac {1} {2 \times 3 \times 4}} + {\frac {1} {3 \times 4 \times 5}} + {\frac {1} {4 \times 5 \times 6}} + \dots\);
c) \({\frac {0!} {r!}} + {\frac {1!} {(r-1)!}} + {\frac {2!} {(r-2) !}} + {\frac {3!} {(r-3)!}} + \dots\) for \(r \geq 2\).
Could it be that a) \(\sigma(n) > 3n\); b) \(\sigma(n) > 100n\)?
Prove that for a real positive \(\alpha\) and a positive integer \(d\), \(\lfloor \alpha / d\rfloor = \lfloor \lfloor \alpha\rfloor / d\rfloor\) is always satisfied.
Let the number \(\alpha\) be given by the decimal:
a) \(0.101001000100001000001 \dots\);
b) \(0.123456789101112131415 \dots\).
Will this number be rational?
Prove the irrationality of the following numbers:
a) \(\sqrt{3}{17}\)
b) \(\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{3}\)
c) \(\sqrt{2} + \sqrt{3} + \sqrt{5}\)
d) \(\sqrt{3}{3} - \sqrt{2}\)
e) \(\cos 10^{\circ}\)
f) \(\tan 10^{\circ}\)
g) \(\sin 1^{\circ}\)
h) \(\log_{2}3\)
Is it possible for
a) the sum of two rational numbers irrational?
b) the sum of two irrational numbers rational?
c) an irrational number with an irrational degree to be rational?
One of the roots of the equation \(x^2 + ax + b = 0\) is \(1 + \sqrt 3\). Find \(a\) and \(b\) if you know that they are rational.
Prove that the number \(\sqrt {2} + \sqrt {3} + \sqrt {5} + \sqrt {7} + \sqrt {11} + \sqrt {13} + \sqrt {17}\) is irrational.
For what natural numbers \(a\) and \(b\) is the number \(\log_{a} b\) rational?
Prove that for \(x \ne \pi n\) (\(n\) is an integer) \(\sin x\) and \(\cos x\) are rational if and only if the number \(\tan x/2\) is rational.