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Choosing a Convergence Test for Infinite Series

Courtesy David J. Manuel

Do the individual terms approach 0? Yes Does the series alternate signs? No Is individual term easy to integrate? No Do individual terms involve fractions with powers of n? No

Series Diverges by No the Divergence Test.

Yes

Do individual terms have factorials or exponentials? No Use Alternating Series Test (do absolute value of terms go to 0?)

Use Ratio Test Yes (Ratio of Consecutive Terms)

Yes

Use Integral Test

Yes

Use Comparison or Limit Comp. Test (Look at Dominating Terms)

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