Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat

Department of Mathematics
Engineering Mathematics II (18B11MA211)
Tutorial Sheet 1

1. Find the nth term of the following sequences:

12 22 32 42
( 1 ) ( 2 )2 ( 3 )3 ( 4 )4
(i) −1, 1, −1, 1, . . . (ii) − 12 , 23 , − 34 , 45 , . . . (iii) , , , ,...
1! 2! 3! 4!
(iv) 2
, 3 , 4 , 5 ,...

2. Test the convergence of the following sequences whose nth term is:
3n n2 +1 n2 −n n2 +3n+5
(i) n+7n2
(ii) n (iii) 2n2 +n
(iv) 2n2 +5n+7

3. Discuss the convergence of the following series:

∑
∞
1
(i) np , p > 0
n=1
∑∞ √ √
n+1− n
(ii) np
n=1
∑∞
(n+1)(n+2)
(iii) √
n2 n
n=1
2n −2 n−1
(iv) 1 + 25 x + 69 x2 + 17
14 3
x + ··· + 2n +1 x + · · · , (x > 0)
x2 x3 xn
(v) 1 + x
2 + 5 + 10 + ··· + n2 +1
+ · · · , (x > 0)
a(a+1) 2 a(a+1)(a+2) 3
(vi) 1+ ab x + b(b+1) x + b(b+1)(b+2) x + · · · , (a, b > 0, x > 0)
∑
∞
1 ·2 ·3 ··· n n
(vii) 3 · 5· 7··· (2n+1) x ,
x>0
n=1
(1 3) (1 3 5)
2 · 4 + 2 · 4 · 6 + ···
1
(viii) 2 +
( )−1 ( 3 )−2 ( 4 )−3
22
(ix) 12
− 21 + 233 − 32 + 344 − 43 + ···
∑
∞
[(n+1)x]n
(x) nn+1
n=1
(xi) 1 + 12 x + x + 43!3 x3 + · · ·
2! 2
32
22 2 33 3 44 4
(xii) x + 2! x + 3! x + 4! x + · · ·

4. Test the convergence of the series 1 − 1

√
2 2
+ 1
√
3 3
− 1
√
4 4
+ · · · by Leibniz’s test.

5. Test whether the series is conditionally convergent or absolutely convergent:

∑
∞ ∑
∞
(i) (−1)n−1 n2n+1 (ii) (−1)n−1 2n−1
1
n=1 n=1

6. Prove that the series sin x

13
− sin 2x
23
+ sin 3x
33
− · · · converges absolutely.
∑
∞
n! n
7. Find the radius of convergence of the series nn x .
n=1

8. Find the radius of convergence and region of convergence of the series

x2 x3 x4 x5
x− + 2 − 2 + 2 + ···
22 3 4 5
 Answers

n2
1. (i) (−1)n (iii) n!
( )n
n
(ii) (−1)n n+1
n (iv) n+1

2. (i) Convergent (iii) Convergent

(ii) Divergent (iv) Convergent

3. (i) Convergent if p > 1 and divergent if p ≤ 1

(ii) Convergent if p > 12 and divergent if p ≤ 21
(iii) Divergent
(iv) Convergent if x < 1 and divergent if x ≥ 1
(v) Convergent for x ≤ 1 and divergent for x > 1
(vi) Convergent for x < 1 and divergent for x > 1 and for x = 1, convergent if b > a + 1 and
divergent if b≤a+1
(vii) Convergent if x < 2 and divergent if x ≥ 2
(viii) Divergent
(ix) Convergent
(x) Convergent for x < 1 and divergent for x ≥ 1
(xi) Convergent for x < e and divergent for x ≥ e
(xii) Convergent for x < 1e and divergent for x ≥ 1e
4. Convergent

5. (i) Conditionally convergent (ii) Conditionally convergent

6. Absolutely converges
7. R = e
8. R = 1 and the region of convergence is −1 ≤ x ≤ 1

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