The sums above are Riemann sums for the function $\arctan(x)$ between $x=0$ and $x=1$, so the limit will equal the integral which is $\frac{\pi}{4}$. The reason both of these converge to the same value is because in both cases is because the lengths of the intervals go to zero.
Eric Naslund
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