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S=sum of (-1)^n/n from 1 to infty

For why I named the post as so, here's why

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

spoilerln(2) because the Taylor series for ln(1+x) evaluated at x=1 is exactly this series.
Good one. Thanks for posting!

[โ€“] siriusmart 3 points 7 months ago

yup thats the intended solution, im not really familiar with taylor series yet, but maybe for a person who knows taylor series would be able to see it right away