I need help on evaluating or finding a closed form for $\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k(k+p)}$ for which Wolfram Alpha has given me this solution:
I tried decomposing the fraction but I'm not sure what this yields for me:
$\frac{1}{k(k+p)}$
$= \frac{1}{pk} - \frac{1}{p(k+p)}$
$= \frac{1}{pk} - \frac{1}{pk} + \frac{1}{k(k+p)}$
$= \frac{1}{pk} - \frac{1}{pk} + \frac{1}{pk} - \frac{1}{p(k+p)}$
$= \frac{1}{pk} - \frac{1}{pk} + \frac{1}{pk} - \frac{1}{pk} + \frac{1}{k(k+p)}$
$=\dots$
and so on.
