TITLE: To compute the sum using 2011 th roots of unity
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: Question:
Let $x$ be a complex number such that $x^{2011}=1$ and $x\neq1$ then, compute the sum
$$S=\dfrac{x^2}{x-1}+\dfrac{x^4}{x^2-1}+\dfrac{x^6}{x^3-1}+\dots+\dfrac{x^{4020}}{x^{2010}-1}$$

My attempt:
$$x=(1)^{\frac{1}{2011}}\implies x=1,e^{\frac{2\pi i}{2011}},e^{\frac{4\pi i}{2011}},\dots,e^{\frac{2010\pi i}{2011}}$$
let, $\alpha= e^{\frac{2\pi i}{2011}},$ then roots of given equation are $x=\alpha,\alpha^2,\alpha^3,\dots,\alpha^{2010}$ 
also
$$\alpha^{2010}=\dfrac{1}{\alpha};\ \alpha^{2009}=\dfrac{1}{\alpha^2};\ \dots;   
 \ \alpha^{1006}=\dfrac{1}{\alpha^{1005}}$$
now, we have to compute:
$$S= \dfrac{\alpha^2}{\alpha-1}+\dfrac{\alpha^4}{\alpha^2-1}+\dfrac{\alpha^6}{\alpha^3-1}+\dots+\dfrac{\alpha^{4020}}{\alpha^{2010}-1}$$
then, I combined first term and last term, similarly second term and second last term and so on in this way i ended up here
$$S=\dfrac{\alpha^{2}-\alpha^{-3}}{\alpha-1}+\dfrac{\alpha^{4}-\alpha^{-6}}{\alpha^2-1}+.........+\dfrac{\alpha^{2010}-\alpha^{-1006}}{\alpha^{1005}-1}$$
here i got stuck , somehow i just wanted to exploit the property that sum of all roots of unity (who itself are in G.P) is zero but I couldn't
please give me hint or provide right way to solve this question.
thank you!
edit:
I also tried taking logarithmic derivative of $f(x)=x^{2011}-1$ but no progress further

REPLY [3 votes]: Supposing that $\zeta$ is a primitive $n$th root of unity we consider
$$f(z) = \frac{z^2}{z-1} \frac{n z^{n-1}}{z^n-1}
= \frac{1}{z-1} \frac{n z^{n+1}}{z^n-1}
= \frac{n}{z-1} \left(z + \frac{z}{z^n-1}\right)
\\ = n \left(1 + \frac{1}{z-1} \right)
\left(1 + \frac{1}{z^n-1}\right).$$
We seek $$S_n = \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \frac{\zeta^{2k}}{\zeta^k-1}.$$
We have by inspection that
$$S_n = \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \mathrm{Res}_{z=\zeta^k} f(z).$$
With residues summing to zero this implies
$$S_n = - \mathrm{Res}_{z=1} f(z)
- \mathrm{Res}_{z=\infty} f(z).$$
For the first residue we note that
$$\frac{1}{z^n-1} = \frac{1}{n} \frac{1}{z-1} + \cdots$$
and the constant term is
$$\left. \frac{1}{z^n-1}
- \frac{1}{n} \frac{1}{z-1} \right|_{z=1}
\\ = \left. \frac{1}{z-1}
\left(\frac{1}{1+z+\cdots+z^{n-1}} - \frac{1}{n}\right)\right|_{z=1}$$
which is by L'Hopital
$$\left. - \frac{1+2z+\cdots+(n-1)z^{n-2}}{(1+z+\cdots+z^{n-1})^2}
\right|_{z=1} = - \frac{1}{2} (n-1) n \frac{1}{n^2}
= - \frac{1}{2n} (n-1)$$
and we may write
$$f(z) = n \left(1 + \frac{1}{z-1} \right)
\left(1 + \frac{1}{n} \frac{1}{z-1} - \frac{1}{2n} (n-1) \cdots\right)$$
so that the residue is
$$n \left( 1 + \frac{1}{n} - \frac{1}{2n} (n-1) \right) =
n + 1 - \frac{1}{2} (n-1) = \frac{1}{2} n + \frac{3}{2}.$$
For the residue at infinity we find with $n\ge 2$
$$- \mathrm{Res}_{z=0} \frac{1}{z^2} f(1/z)
= -n \mathrm{Res}_{z=0} \frac{1}{z^2}
\left(1 + \frac{1}{1/z-1} \right)
\left(1 + \frac{1}{1/z^n-1}\right)
\\ = -n \mathrm{Res}_{z=0} \frac{1}{z^2}
\left(1 + \frac{z}{1-z} \right)
\left(1 + \frac{z^n}{1-z^n}\right)
\\ = -n [z^1]
\left(1 + \frac{z}{1-z} \right)
\left(1 + \frac{z^n}{1-z^n}\right)
= - n.$$
Collecting everything yields the closed form
$$\bbox[5px,border:2px solid #00A000]{
\frac{1}{2} n - \frac{3}{2}.}$$
This  will  produce $1004$  for  $n=2011$,  confirming the  answer  by
@JackDAurizio that appeared first.