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- Subject: Re: Question on divergence of series given condition
- Message-ID: <1992Sep8.152129.716@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
- From: wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz (Bill Taylor)
- Date: 8 Sep 92 15:21:28 +1200
- References: <1992Sep4.174051.3223@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Sep4.174051.3223@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, sshws@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Herb Schilling) writes:
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- |> If the terms, a , of a series have the following property:
- |> n
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- |> a A
- |> n+1 1 n
- |> ------ = 1 - ----- + ----- as n -> oo
- |> a n n
- |> n
- |>
- |>
- |> where A -> 0 as n -> oo
- |> n
- |>
- |>
- |> then does sum of the a diverge ?
- |> n
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- Usually, it seems, but not necessarily, alas.
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- For example, if a = 1
- n ------ 2
- n(log n)
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- then the series converges, but the above criterion still holds,
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- with A 2
- n ~ - ------
- log n .
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- Bill Taylor wft@math.canterbury.ac.nz
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