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Putnam 1997 A3

  • Session A

Evaluate

∫0∞(x−x32+x52⋅4−x72⋅4⋅6+⋯ )(1+x222+x422⋅42+x622⋅42⋅62+⋯ )dx.\begin{gathered}\int_0^\infty \left(x-\frac{x^3}{2}+\frac{x^5}{2\cdot 4}-\frac{x^7}{2\cdot 4\cdot 6}+\cdots\right) \\ \left(1+\frac{x^2}{2^2}+ \frac{x^4}{2^2\cdot 4^2}+\frac{x^6}{2^2\cdot 4^2 \cdot 6^2}+\cdots\right) dx.\end{gathered}

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

Solutions

Human solution Solution 1 by Manjul Bhargava, Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng

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