TITLE: How to find $\sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} \dfrac{1}{(kn)!}$?
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: I want to calculate $$S_k = \sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} \dfrac{1}{(kn)!}$$ when $k\in\Bbb N ^*$.

I tried to find a recurrence equation for $k$, but I found nothing really interesting. 
I already know that for $k=1, S_1 = e$ and $S_2 = ch(1)$, but I don't know what to do for $k\geq 3$.

REPLY [6 votes]: This is closely related to series multisection.
Let $$f(z)=\sum^\infty_{n=0}\frac1{n!}z^n=e^z$$
Let $a_n=\frac1{n!}$.
Then, $$S_k=\sum^\infty_{m=0}a_{km}z^{km}$$ where $z=1$.
By the multisection formula, we immediately obtain
$$S_k=\frac1k\sum^{k-1}_{p=0}\text{exp}\left(e^{\frac{2\pi ip}{k}}\right)$$
THOUGHTS:
How to evaluate $S_\infty$ from the formula for $S_k$ I derived above?
Follow-up:
$S_\infty$ is a Riemann sum!
$$S_\infty=\int_0^\infty e^{e^{2\pi ix}}dx$$
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