720 ❙❙❙❙ CHAPTER 11 INFINITE SEQUENCES AND SERIES

NOTE 4 A finite number of terms doesn’t affect the convergence or divergence of a

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series. For instance, suppose that we were able to show that the series

n

n4 n 1
3

is convergent. Since
 
n 1 2 3 n

n1 n 1
3   
2 9 28
  3
n4 n 1

it follows that the entire series n1 nn 3  1 is convergent. Similarly, if it is known that
the series nN1 a n converges, then the full series
 N 

a
n1
n 
n1
a n  
nN1
an
is also convergent.

|||| 11.2 Exercises

1. (a) What is the difference between a sequence and a series? 14. 1  0.4  0.16  0.064    
(b) What is a convergent series? What is a divergent series?  
6 n1
2. Explain what it means to say that  
n1 a n  5. 15.  5( )
n1
2 n1
3 16. 
n1 5 n1

; 3–8 Find at least 10 partial sums of the series. Graph both the
|||| 3 n1 
1
sequence of terms and the sequence of partial sums on the same 17. 
n1 4n
18.  (s2 )
n0
n

screen. Does it appear that the series is convergent or divergent?


n 
en
If it is convergent, find the sum. If it is divergent, explain why. 19. 
n0 3 n1
20. 
n1 3 n1
 
12 2n 2  1
3.  5n
4.  n2  1 
n 
3
n1


n1


21. 
n1 n5
22. 
n1 n
5.  tan n 6.  0.6 n1

2 
n  12
 
n1 n1

 
23. 24.

1 1 
1 n2 n 1 2
n1 nn  2
7.  n 1.5

n  11.5
8.  nn  1 
k2 
2
 
n1 n2
25. 26.
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
k2 k 1 2
n1 n 2  4n  3
2n 
3n  2n 
9. Let a n 
3n  1
. 27. 
n1 6n
28. 
n1
0.8 n1  0.3 n

 
(a) Determine whether a n is convergent.
(b) Determine whether n1 a n is convergent.
 
n
29.  s2
n1
n
30.  ln
n1 2n  5
10. (a) Explain the difference between
 

 arctan n  cos 1
n n

a a
k
and 31. 32.
i j n1 k1

   
i1 j1
 
3 5 3 2
(b) Explain the difference between
n n
33. 
n1 nn  3
 n
4
34. 
n1 5n

n
a
i1
i and a
i1
j ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

35–40 |||| Express the number as a ratio of integers.

11–34 Determine whether the series is convergent or divergent.
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35. 0.2  0.2222 . . . 36. 0.73  0.73737373 . . .
If it is convergent, find its sum.
37. 3.417  3.417417417 . . . 38. 6.254
11. 3  2  3  9      14  12  1    
4 8 1
12. 8
39. 0.123456 40. 5.6021
13. 2  2   125
32    
5 25
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