How to read and execute $\sum_{1 \leq \ell <m<n} \frac{1}{5^{\ell}3^{m}2^{n}}$

  1. Assuming $n$ is not fixed:

Rewrite as triple sum $$\sum_{1 \leq \ell <m<n} \frac{1}{5^{\ell}3^{m}2^{n}} = \sum_{\ell=1}^\infty\sum_{m=\ell+1}^\infty\sum_{n=m+1}^\infty\frac{1}{5^{\ell}3^{m}2^{n}} =\sum_{\ell=1}^\infty \frac{1}{5^\ell} \sum_{m=\ell+1}^\infty \frac{1}{3^m} \sum_{n=m+1}^\infty \frac{1}{2^n} $$ Then, this should be obvious in terms of how to read and execute.

Indeed, since each of them are Geometric Progressions, we have $$\begin{align}\sum_{\ell=1}^\infty \frac{1}{5^\ell} \sum_{m=\ell+1}^\infty \frac{1}{3^m} \sum_{n=m+1}^\infty \frac{1}{2^n} &= \sum_{\ell=1}^\infty \frac{1}{5^\ell} \sum_{m=\ell+1}^\infty \frac{1}{3^m} \left(\frac{1}{2^m}\right) \\&= \sum_{\ell=1}^\infty \frac{1}{5^\ell} \sum_{m=\ell+1}^\infty \frac{1}{6^m} \\&= \sum_{\ell=1}^\infty \frac{1}{5^\ell}\left(\frac{1}{5\cdot 6^\ell}\right) \\& = \frac{1}{5}\sum_{\ell=1}^\infty \frac{1}{30^\ell} \\&= \frac{1}{5}\cdot\frac{1}{29} \\&= \frac{1}{145}\end{align} $$


  1. Assuming $n$ is fixed:

The sum will be a finite double sum and you can exclude $1/2^n$ from the sum(treating that as a constant). Then, again use the GP formula to calculate each $\ell$-sum and $m$-sum.