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summation of the powers of 4

let c = 1⁴ + 2⁴ + 3⁴ + 4⁴ + 5⁴….

thus 16c = 2⁴ + 4⁴ + 6⁴ + 8⁴…..

thus c – 32c = -31c = 1⁴ – 2⁴ + 3⁴ – 4⁴ …..

thus this can be simplified to:

-3(2² + 1²) – 7(3² + 4²) -11(5² + 6²)…

which can be equivalent to:

-3(Σ(n²)) – 4( 3² +4² + 2(5² + 6²) + 3(7² + 8²)

which can be written as:

-3(Σ(n²)) – 4( 3² +4² + 5² + 6²… + (5² + 6²…..) + (7² + 8²…..)…..)

which is equivalent to:

-3(Σ(n²)) – 4( ∞Σ(n²) – ∞Σ(n²))

which is simplified down to:

-3(Σ(n²))

thus -31c = 15/168 which is equal to 5/56 thus c = -5/1736

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