Module 9 :  Infinite Series, Tests of Convergence,  Absolute and Conditional Convergence, Taylor and Maclaurin Series
Lecture 26 :  Absolute convergence [Section 26.1]
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Analyze the convergence of the following series using the ratio test:

(i)
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(ii)
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(iii)
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Analyze the convergence of the following using the root test:
(i)
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(ii)
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(iii)

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4.
Prove the following:
(i)

For the p-series, both the ratio test and the root test tail, however the series is convergent.

(ii)
For the series, for ,
 

for ,

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both the ratio test and the root test tail, but the series is divergent (by comparison test).

   
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