Series $\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1\cdot 3}{4\cdot 6}+\frac{1\cdot 3\cdot 5}{4\cdot 6\cdot 8}+\cdots$ Find the sum of the series to infinity$$\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1\cdot 3}{4\cdot 6}+\frac{1\cdot 3\cdot 5}{4\cdot 6\cdot 8}+\cdots$$
Attempt-
I wrote the general term as $$\frac{\binom{2n}{n}}{2^{2n}\cdot (n+1)}$$
I don't know what to do next
 A: The numerator of the $n$-th term is
$$\frac{(2n)!}{2^nn!}\;,$$
and the denominator is
$$\frac{2^{n+1}(n+1)!}2=2^n(n+1)!\;,$$
so the term is actually
$$\frac{(2n)!}{2^{2n}n!(n+1)!}=\frac{1}{n+1}\binom{2n}{n}\left(\frac{1}{4}\right)^n\;.$$
Do you know anything about the Catalan numbers and generating functions?
A: It is not trivial, but your series is a telescopic one. Let $a_n=\frac{1}{4^n}\binom{2n}{n}$. We have:
$$ a_{n}-a_{n+1} = \frac{1}{4^n}\binom{2n}{n}-\frac{1}{4^{n+1}}\binom{2n+2}{n+1} =\frac{a_n}{2n+2}$$
so if we set $b_n = \frac{1}{(n+1)4^n}\binom{2n}{n}$ it follows that:
$$\sum_{n\geq 1}b_n = 2\sum_{n\geq 1}\frac{a_n}{2n+2} = 2\sum_{n\geq 1}\left(a_n-a_{n+1}\right) = 2a_1 = \color{red}{1}$$
since $\lim_{n\to +\infty}a_n = 0$.
A: $$S = 2\left[\frac{1}{2\cdot 4}+\frac{1\cdot 3}{2\cdot 4\cdot 6}+\frac{1\cdot 3\cdot 5}{2\cdot 4\cdot 6\cdot 8}+\cdots\right]$$
Here $$T_{n}\bf{(n^{th}) term } = 2\cdot \left[\frac{1\cdot 3 \cdot 5......(2n-1)}{2\cdot 4 \cdot 6.........(2n)(2n+2)}\right]$$
$$ = 2\left[\frac{1\cdot 3 \cdot 5......(2n-1)}{2\cdot 4 \cdot 6...(2n)(2n+2)}((2n+2)-(2n+1))\right]$$
So $$T_{n} = 2\left[\frac{1\cdot 3 \cdot 5......(2n-1)}{2\cdot 4 \cdot 6.........(2n)}-\frac{1\cdot 3 \cdot 5......(2n+1)}{2\cdot 4 \cdot 6.........(2n)}\right]$$
So $$S_{\infty} = 2\sum^{\infty}_{r=1}\left[\frac{1\cdot 3 \cdot 5......(2r-1)}{2\cdot 4 \cdot 6.........(2r)}-\frac{1\cdot 3 \cdot 5......(2r+1)}{2\cdot 4 \cdot 6.........(2r)}\right] = 2\cdot \frac{1}{2} = 1$$
A: My attempt-
write down the Taylor series for $(1-x)^{\frac12}$
$$(1-x)^{\frac12}=1-\frac12x-\frac12\cdot\frac12\cdot\frac1{2!}x^2-\frac12\frac12\frac32\frac1{3!}x^3...$$
After putting x=1 and simplifying, I am getting value as 1.
