An alternating series ... Find the limit of the following series:
$$ 1 - \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{6} - \frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{11} - \frac{1}{14} + \cdot \cdot \cdot  $$
If i go the integration way all is fine for a while but then things become pretty ugly. I'm trying to find out if there is some easier way to follow.

Below are my personal notes on a powerful method for the summation of series using complex analytic methods. The result is quite general and the final calculation is simple. If you keep this up your sleeve, later you'll come across this problem again and in Ramanujan-like fashion immediately state "The value of this sum is simply $$ \sum_{\zeta= \pm 1/5} \operatorname{Res}_{z=\zeta}\left( \frac{\pi \cot(\pi z)}{25z^2-1} \right) = \frac{\pi}{5} \cot \left( \frac{\pi}{5} \right)."$$
P.S. Sorry it isn't LaTeXed up, I don't have the stamina to type all this up at the moment.



