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The Gregory-Leibniz series: pi over four equals 1-1/3+1/5-1/7+...
Statement
The series
converges, and its sum is . More precisely, for every natural ,
where
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A natural and the finite geometric identity used below.
A series converges exactly when its sequence of finite partial sums converges (Series, partial sums, convergence and the sum, divergence, and the tail series).
The Riemann integral is linear over finite sums (Integrable functions on form a set closed under sums and scalar multiples, and ).
The power rule gives for . If is differentiable on a closed interval and is integrable there, then is the endpoint increment of (For a natural the function is differentiable everywhere with derivative ; for it is the constant , with derivative ; for a natural the function is differentiable at every with derivative ; consequently every polynomial function is differentiable at every real, with the derivative computed term by term, The second fundamental theorem: if is differentiable on with and is integrable, then ).
If on , then the integral lies between and (If on then for every partition ; in particular every constant function is integrable, with ).
Substitution holds for a differentiable inner map with integrable derivative and a continuous outer function (Substitution: if is differentiable on with integrable and is continuous on an interval containing , then ).
On its natural domain, , , and ; for every real , (Tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant on their exact natural domains, Derivatives and fundamental periods of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant, Parity and the Pythagorean identity for sine and cosine).
The quarter-turn values are and ; the sine and cosine addition formulas hold for all real inputs, sine is strictly increasing on , cosine is strictly decreasing on , and , (Quarter-turn values and shifts by pi/2 and pi, The addition formulas for sine and cosine, Signs, monotonicity intervals, and ranges of sine and cosine, The derivatives of sine and cosine are cosine and minus sine).
A sequence squeezed between two sequences with the same limit has that limit (The squeeze theorem).
For every there is a natural with (For every in a complete ordered field there is a natural with ).
Proof
For every real , finite geometric algebra gives
From [L7], the cosine double-angle formula at gives , while the stated monotonicities make both values positive; hence [L6] gives , and [L6] also gives . The definitions and Pythagorean identity in [L6] give . Apply [L5] with on . Then , so
Integrating step 1.1 on and using [L2] and [L3] yields where .
On , , so [L3] and [L4] give .
Steps 2.1 and 1.2 give the displayed finite-remainder identity. By [L9], , so step 3.1 and [L8] make the finite sums converge to ; by [L1], this is the sum of the series.
Depends on
- Series, partial sums, convergence and the sum, divergence, and the tail series
- Tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant on their exact natural domains
- Derivatives and fundamental periods of tangent, cotangent, secant, and cosecant
- Quarter-turn values and shifts by pi/2 and pi
- The addition formulas for sine and cosine
- Signs, monotonicity intervals, and ranges of sine and cosine
- The derivatives of sine and cosine are cosine and minus sine
- Substitution: if $\varphi$ is differentiable on $[c,d]$ with $\varphi'$ integrable and $f$ is continuous on an interval containing $\varphi([c,d])$, then $\int_{\varphi(c)}^{\varphi(d)} f = \int_c^d (f\circ\varphi)\,\varphi'$
- If $m \le f \le M$ on $[a,b]$ then $m(b-a) \le L(f,P) \le \underline{\int_a^b} f \le \overline{\int_a^b} f \le U(f,P) \le M(b-a)$ for every partition $P$; in particular every constant function is integrable, with $\int_a^b c = c(b-a)$
- The squeeze theorem
- Integrable functions on $[a,b]$ form a set closed under sums and scalar multiples, and $\int_a^b(\lambda f+\mu g) = \lambda\int_a^b f + \mu\int_a^b g$
- For a natural $n \ge 1$ the function $x \mapsto x^{n}$ is differentiable everywhere with derivative $\iota(n)\,x^{\,n-1}$; for $n = 0$ it is the constant $1$, with derivative $0$; for a natural $n \ge 1$ the function $x \mapsto x^{-n}$ is differentiable at every $x \ne 0$ with derivative $-\iota(n)\,x^{-n-1}$; consequently every polynomial function is differentiable at every real, with the derivative computed term by term
- The second fundamental theorem: if $G$ is differentiable on $[a,b]$ with $G' = f$ and $f$ is integrable, then $\int_a^b f = G(b)-G(a)$
- Parity and the Pythagorean identity for sine and cosine
- For every $\varepsilon > 0$ in a complete ordered field there is a natural $n \ge 1$ with $1/n < \varepsilon$
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Sources
- J. Lebl, Basic Analysis II, exercise 11.4.11 (standard reference, not scraped)