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Wilson Cheung
June 6, 2018

1 Problem Statement
Evaluate the following:
n−1
X n2
lim
n→∞ k 2 (n − k)2
k=1

1.1 Proposed Solution:

n−1 n−1  2
X n2 X n
lim = lim (1)
n→∞ k 2 (n − k)2 n→∞ k(n − k)
k=1 k=1
n−1
X 2
1 1
= lim + (2)
n→∞ k n−k
k=1
n−1
X 
1 2 1
= lim 2
+ + (3)
n→∞ k k(n − k) (n − k)2
k=1
n−1
X 1 
1
= 2 lim + (4)
n→∞ k2 k(n − k)
k=1
n−1
X n
= 2 lim (5)
n→∞ k 2 (n − k)
k=1
∞
X 1 n
=2 2
lim (6)
k n→∞ n−k
k=1
∞
X 1
=2 (7)
k2
k=1

π2
= (8)
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