Given Sk=∑r=1ktan−1(22r+1+32r+16r)
⇒Sk=∑r=1ktan−1(22r⋅2+32r⋅32r⋅3r)
Divide by 32r we get,
Sk=∑r=1ktan−1(32)2r.2+3(32)r
Sk=∑r=1ktan−13((32)2r+1+1)(32)r
Let (32)r=t
Sk=∑r=1ktan−11+32t23t
Sk=∑r=1ktan−11+t.32tt−32t
Sk=∑r=1k(tan−1(t)−tan−1(32t))
Sk=∑r=1k(tan−1(32)r−tan−1(32)r+1)
Sk=(tan−1(32)−tan−1(32)2)+(tan−1(32)2−tan−1(32)3)+...+(tan−1(32)k−tan−1(32)k+1)
Sk=tan−1(32)−tan−1(32)k+1
Then, S∞=limk→∞(tan−1(32)−tan−1(32)k+1)
=tan−1(32)−tan−1(0)
∴S∞=tan−1(32)=cot−1(23),(∵tan−1x=cot−1(x1))