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Simplify the general term of the sum: sqrt(1 + (1)/(n2) + (1)/((n+1)2))

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1+1n−1n+11 + \frac{1}{n} - \frac{1}{n+1}

Step 1: Simplify the general term of the sum.
Let the general term be Tn=1+1n2+1(n+1)2T_n = \sqrt{1 + \frac{1}{n^2} + \frac{1}{(n+1)^2}}.
The expression inside the square root is:

1+1n2+1(n+1)2=n2(n+1)2+(n+1)2+n2n2(n+1)21 + \frac{1}{n^2} + \frac{1}{(n+1)^2} = \frac{n^2(n+1)^2 + (n+1)^2 + n^2}{n^2(n+1)^2} =n2(n2+2n+1)+(n2+2n+1)+n2n2(n+1)2= \frac{n^2(n^2+2n+1) + (n^2+2n+1) + n^2}{n^2(n+1)^2} =n4+2n3+n2+n2+2n+1+n2n2(n+1)2= \frac{n^4+2n^3+n^2 + n^2+2n+1 + n^2}{n^2(n+1)^2} =n4+2n3+3n2+2n+1n2(n+1)2= \frac{n^4+2n^3+3n^2+2n+1}{n^2(n+1)^2}

The numerator can be factored as (n2+n+1)2(n^2+n+1)^2.

=(n2+n+1)2n2(n+1)2= \frac{(n^2+n+1)^2}{n^2(n+1)^2}

Now, substitute this back into the expression for TnT_n:

Tn=(n2+n+1)2n2(n+1)2T_n = \sqrt{\frac{(n^2+n+1)^2}{n^2(n+1)^2}} Tn=n2+n+1n(n+1)T_n = \frac{n^2+n+1}{n(n+1)}

We can rewrite this expression:

Tn=n(n+1)+1n(n+1)T_n = \frac{n(n+1)+1}{n(n+1)} Tn=n(n+1)n(n+1)+1n(n+1)T_n = \frac{n(n+1)}{n(n+1)} + \frac{1}{n(n+1)} Tn=1+1n(n+1)T_n = 1 + \frac{1}{n(n+1)}

Using partial fraction decomposition for 1n(n+1)\frac{1}{n(n+1)}:

1n(n+1)=1n−1n+1\frac{1}{n(n+1)} = \frac{1}{n} - \frac{1}{n+1}

So, the simplified general term is:

Tn=1+1n−1n+1T_n = \boxed{1 + \frac{1}{n} - \frac{1}{n+1}}
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