Question Number 31743 by rahul 19 last updated on 13/Mar/18
$$\:{Find}\:{the}\:{value}\:{of}\::\:\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} \mathrm{3}^{{j}} \mathrm{3}^{{k}} }. \\ $$$${case}\:\mathrm{1}:\:{i}\neq{j}\neq{k}. \\ $$$${case}\:\mathrm{2}:\:{i}<{j}<{k}. \\ $$
Answered by mrW2 last updated on 13/Mar/18
$$\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{k}} }=\mathrm{1}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}+\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{\mathrm{2}} }+….=\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{1}−\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}}}=\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} \mathrm{3}^{{j}} \mathrm{3}^{{k}} } \\ $$$$=\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\left\{\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} \mathrm{3}^{{j}} }\left(\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{k}} }\right)\right\} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}}\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} \mathrm{3}^{{j}} } \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}}\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\left\{\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} }\left(\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{j}} }\right)\right\} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}}×\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}}\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} } \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}}×\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}}×\frac{\mathrm{3}}{\mathrm{2}} \\ $$$$=\frac{\mathrm{27}}{\mathrm{8}} \\ $$
Commented by mrW2 last updated on 14/Mar/18
$$\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} \mathrm{3}^{{j}} \mathrm{3}^{{k}} }=\frac{\mathrm{27}}{\mathrm{8}} \\ $$$${this}\:{is}\:{correct}. \\ $$$${if}\:{you}\:{need}\:\underset{{i}\neq{j}\neq{k}} {\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} \mathrm{3}^{{j}} \mathrm{3}^{{k}} }\:{or} \\ $$$$\underset{{i}>{j}>{k}} {\underset{{i}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}\underset{{k}=\mathrm{0}} {\overset{\infty} {\sum}}}\:\frac{\mathrm{1}}{\mathrm{3}^{{i}} \mathrm{3}^{{j}} \mathrm{3}^{{k}} }\:{then}\:{the}\:{result}\:{is}\:{different}. \\ $$
Commented by rahul 19 last updated on 14/Mar/18
$${But}\:{what}\:{is}\:{the}\:{difference}\:{when} \\ $$$${i}\neq{j}\neq{k}\:{and}\:{i}<{j}<{k}\:{are}\:{present}\:{in}\:{ques}. \\ $$$$\left({original}\:{q}.\right)\:{and}\:{when}\:{that}\:{is}\:{not}\:{mention} \\ $$$${in}\:{the}\:{ques}.\:\left({the}\:{way}\:{u}\:{solved}\right). \\ $$
Commented by mrW2 last updated on 14/Mar/18
$${look}\:{at}\:{an}\:{example}: \\ $$$$\underset{{i}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{\mathrm{3}} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{\mathrm{3}} {\sum}}{a}^{{i}} {b}^{{j}} ={a}^{\mathrm{1}} \left({b}^{\mathrm{1}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)+{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \left({b}^{\mathrm{1}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)+{a}^{\mathrm{3}} \left({b}^{\mathrm{1}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)=\left({a}^{\mathrm{1}} +{a}^{\mathrm{2}} +{a}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)\left({b}^{\mathrm{1}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{3}} \right) \\ $$$$\left({i}\:{and}\:{j}\:{are}\:{independent}\right) \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$\underset{{i}\neq{j}} {\underset{{i}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{\mathrm{3}} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{\mathrm{3}} {\sum}}}{a}^{{i}} {b}^{{j}} ={a}^{\mathrm{1}} \left({b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)+{a}^{\mathrm{2}} \left({b}^{\mathrm{1}} +{b}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)+{a}^{\mathrm{3}} \left({b}^{\mathrm{1}} +{b}^{\mathrm{2}} \right) \\ $$$$\left({i}\:{and}\:{j}\:{are}\:{dependent}\right) \\ $$$$ \\ $$$$\underset{{i}<{j}} {\underset{{i}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{\mathrm{3}} {\sum}}\underset{{j}=\mathrm{1}} {\overset{\mathrm{3}} {\sum}}}{a}^{{i}} {b}^{{j}} ={a}^{\mathrm{1}} \left({b}^{\mathrm{2}} +{b}^{\mathrm{3}} \right)+{a}^{\mathrm{2}} {b}^{\mathrm{3}} \\ $$$$\left({i}\:{and}\:{j}\:{are}\:{dependent}\right) \\ $$
Commented by rahul 19 last updated on 14/Mar/18
$${ok}\:{sir},\:{now}\:{understood}\:{when}\:{its}\:{in} \\ $$$$\mathrm{2}\:{variables}\:\left({i},{j}\right). \\ $$$${pls}\:{also}\:{show}\:{similar}\:{example}\:{for} \\ $$$$\mathrm{3}\:{variable}\:\left({i},{j},{k}\right)\:? \\ $$
Commented by abdo imad last updated on 14/Mar/18
$${there}\:{is}\:{a}\:{dfference}\:{between}\:\:\sum_{{i}\:{j}} {a}_{{i}} {bj}\:{and}\:\:\sum_{{i},{j}\:{andi}\neq{j}} {a}_{{i}} {a}_{{j}} \\ $$$${and}\:{the}\:{type}\:{of}\:{this}\:{triple}\:{sum}\:{is}\:{difficut}\:{to}\:{treat} \\ $$$${and}\:{if}\:{you}\:{give}\:{interest}\:{you}\:{must}\:{take}\:{a}\:{look}\:{to} \\ $$$${sommables}\:{family}\:…. \\ $$