5/25/2017 CalculusIISeriesConvergence/Divergence

Series Convergence/Divergence
Intheprevioussectionwespentsometimegettingfamiliarwithseriesandwebrieflydefinedconvergence
anddivergence.Beforeworryingaboutconvergenceanddivergenceofaserieswewantedtomakesurethat
wevestartedtogetcomfortablewiththenotationinvolvedinseriesandsomeofthevariousmanipulations
ofseriesthatwewill,onoccasion,needtobeabletodo.

Asnotedintheprevioussectionmostofwhatweweredoingtherewontbedonemuchinthischapter.So,
itisnowtimetostarttalkingabouttheconvergenceanddivergenceofaseriesasthiswillbeatopicthat
wellbedealingwithtooneextentoranotherinalmostalloftheremainingsectionsofthischapter.

So,letsrecapjustwhataninfiniteseriesisandwhatitmeansforaseriestobeconvergentordivergent.
Wellstartwithasequence andagainnotethatwerestartingthesequenceat onlyforthesake
ofconvenienceanditcan,infact,beanything.

Nextwedefinethepartialsumsoftheseriesas,

andtheseformanewsequence, .

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