654. Chapter 8: Infinite Series EXAMPLE 4 Which of the following series converges, and which diverges? * ye » ye * fF _ ve (ey comerges becuase JE m= He AD bey saz 22 oe -ape bs 3 Exercises 8.6 Determining Convergence or Divergence ada ‘Which of the series ia Exercises 1-26 converge, and. which diverge? in my eas in yr Give renons for your anewers (When checking your anes fuember Were may be more than one way to determine sty convergence o divergence) Seer Ach of he srs a ef bythe rain seis x 27-38 contend which vers? Gne en for soir ase Sat Thay =% aqui HEE io hay = 1 ays 1 Bema FG Mg a3, ta = wy froenasy alee Dera87 Altemating Series, Absolute and Conditional Convergence 655 Which of the serisin Bxercisos 39-44 converge. and which ven” Theory and Examples Give reasons for your answers “tf af nyt @ 4S. Neier the Ratio nor the mbvRoot Test belps with pseries. Try them oa 24 ‘nd show that both ests fail to provide information sb eo 46, Show that neither the Ratio Test nar the nth-Root Test yuovides information about the convergence of at Law (p costa) n/® nis apie momber WT Vie onteruise Dee > a, converge? Give wasons foe your answer Alternating Series, Absolute and Conditional Convergence A series in wich the terms are alternately positive and negative is an alternating Here are three examples: o tid 2hl= 54pm at pty gh tS @ A 2PR-A4S—6 he EEN Hn @ Series (1), called the alternating harmonic series, converges, at we will see in a moment, Series (2), a geometric series with ratio r= —1/2, converges to 2y[1-+ (1/2)] = ~4/2, Series (3) diverges because the nth term doesnot approach set. We prove the convergence of the alternating harmon series by applying the Alerting Sevies Test Theorem 8 ‘The Alternating Series Test (Leibniz’s Theorem) “The series say be ‘converges if all tice of the following. conditions are satisfied: 1, The u's are all positive. 2. wy 2 yyy forall n > .N, for some integer N, 3 tte 0.