TITLE: How to sum $\frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{18}+\frac{1}{30}+\frac{1}{45} + ......$
QUESTION [8 upvotes]: How to sum this series : 
$\frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{18}+\frac{1}{30}+\frac{1}{45} + \frac{1}{65}......$
I am not getting any clue only a hint will be suffice please help. thanks..

REPLY [10 votes]: Observe
\begin{align*}
\frac{1}{9}+\frac{1}{18}+\frac{1}{30}+\frac{1}{45}+\ldots&=\frac{1}{3+3\cdot2}+\frac{1}{3+3\cdot2+3\cdot3}+\frac{1}{3+3\cdot2+3\cdot3+3\cdot4}+\ldots\\
&=\sum_{k=2}^{\infty}{\frac{1}{3\sum_{j=1}^{k}{j}}}\\
&=\sum_{k=2}^{\infty}{\frac{1}{3\left[\frac{k(k+1)}{2}\right]}}\\
&=\sum_{k=2}^{\infty}{\frac{2}{3\left[k(k+1)\right]}}\\
&=\frac{2}{3}\sum_{k=2}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1}{k}-\frac{1}{k+1}\right)\\
\end{align*}
Last one is a telescopic series, note we have
$$\frac{2}{3}\sum_{k=2}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1}{k}-\frac{1}{k+1}\right)=\frac{2}{3}\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)=\frac{1}{3}$$