Hawassa University

Department of Mathematics
Applied Mathematics II
Worksheet I
1. Using the formal definition of limit verify

a) lim
3n  1
n n  1
3 b. lim
3n 2
n   6n  1
2

1
2

c. lim n  1  n  0
n

2. a) If and * + is bounded, then prove that lim a n bn  0 .
n

b) Use (a) to show that the following sequences converges to 0.

Cos n 1  1  (1) n 1  2  (1) n
i) a n  ii) a n  2 ln 1   iii. a n 
n n  n!  e 2n
3. Determine whether the series converges or diverges. If it converges, find its sum.
n 1

 3 
1 
3
a)    c)  e) 
n 1    k 1 ( k  1)(k  2) k 1 k ( k  2)
 
1 k
b)  k 1 d) 
k 1 4 k 1 5k  7

4. Determine whether the series converges or diverges

  
1 32n
a)  d)  3n 1
1
g) 
n 1 n ! n n2 2 k 2 k k 2 1

tan 1 n 
n !10n
b)  e) 
n 1 n  1 3n
2
n 2
 
1
 ne n  n ln n
2
c) f) 2
n 1 n 2

5. Determine whether the series diverges, which converges conditionally and which converges
absolutely?

(1) k 
sin n 
1
a)  c)  e)  (1) n

k  2 ln k n 1 n2 1 n2 n
1
n


cos n 
1 
n cos n
b) 
n 1 n
d)
n2
 (1) n1 (ln n) n
f) 
n 1 n2 1
6. Test the following series for convergence
1 1 1 1
a)    
1 2 2  2 2
3 2 3
4  24
2 3 4 5 6
b)      
1 3 2  3 2
3 3 3
43 4
5  35
1 3 9
c)   
1 2 2  3 3  4
cos 2 cos 3 cos 4
d) cos1    
4 9 16
7. Express the repeating decimal as a rational number.
a)
b)
8. Find the interval of convergence of each of the following series

xn 
( x  2) k 
k ( x  1) k 1
a)   1
n 1
n 1

n
d) 
k 0 2k k  1
h) 
k 1 3k

n n  
(2 x  3) k
b) 
n 0
n2 xn 
n 0 10
n
x e) i) 
k 1 4 2k
 
1 2n
c)  x 2 n 1
f)  ( x  3) n

n 0  4  n
n 0 n !
9. Find the Maclaurian polynomial of degree for the following functions:
a) ( ) ,
b) ( ) ,
10. Find the Taylor’s polynomial centered at .
a) ( ) √ , and
b) ( ) , and
11. Find the Taylor’s series of about .
a) ( ) , c) ( ) ,
b) ( ) , d) ( ) ( ),

12. Find the power series for each of the following function center at , and determine the
interval of convergence
1 3
a) f ( x)  ,c5 c. f ( x)  ,c2
2 x 2 x
3 2
b) f ( x)  ,c0 d. f ( x)  ,c0
2x  1 1 x2

n 1 
13. If the partial sum of a series 
n 1
a n is s n 
n 1
, then find a n and a
n 1
n .

2n  1
14. Let a n 
3n  1
a) Determine whether * + is convergent.

b) Determine whether a
n 1
n is convergent.