Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH101/April 2018/Question 09 (ii)
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Question 09 (ii) |
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Harder: Consider the infinite series Find, with a detailed explanation, the range of for which the infinite series converges.
Hint: One approach to this problem is to think about the numerator for large . |
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Hint 1 |
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Use the fact that . |
Hint 2 |
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Use the comparison test with the -series. |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Observe that for any integer we have
Thus we can rewrite the summand as
We will now apply the comparison test with the -series.
For every positive integer we have
so the series converges if .
On the other hand, every positive integer satisfies
so we also have This shows that the series diverges to when .
Answer: The correct answer is that . |