TITLE: Sum of given infinite series: $\frac14+\frac2{4 \cdot 7}+\frac3{4 \cdot 7 \cdot 10}+\frac4{4 \cdot 7 \cdot 10 \cdot 13 }+....$
QUESTION [10 upvotes]: Find the sum of infinite series
$$\frac{1}{4}+\frac{2}{4 \cdot 7}+\frac{3}{4 \cdot 7 \cdot 10}+\frac{4}{4 \cdot 7 \cdot 10 \cdot 13 }+....$$
Generally I do these questions by finding sum of $n$ terms and then putting $ \lim{n \to \infty}$ but here I am not able to find sum of $n$ terms. Could some suggest as how to proceed?

REPLY [8 votes]: Notice that
$$\frac k{\prod_{m=1}^k(3m+1)}=\frac1{3\prod_{m = 1}^{k-1} (3m+1)}-\frac{1}{3\prod_{m = 1}^k (3m+1)}$$
Which gives us a telescoping series:$$S_N=\frac{1}{3} - \frac{1}{3\prod_{m = 1}^N (3m+1)}$$
which tends to $1/3$ as suspected.