Department of Mathematics, Bennett University

Engineering Calculus (EMAT101L)

Tutorial Sheet 4

1. Determine which of the following series converges/diverges:

∞ 4 ∞
2 1 2 1
P P

(a) 2
(b) sin n
− sin n+2
.
n=1 n + 3n + 2 n=1

2. Determine which of the following series converges/diverges:

∞ 1 ∞
n ∞ ∞
1 + nx log n+1
P P P
P
(a) 5n (b) (c) n
(d) (a + (n − 1)b)
n=1 n=1 n=1 n=1
∞
n
P
(e) an x , where 0 ≤ an ≤ 1 (n ≥ 0) and if 0 ≤ x < 1.
n=1

3. Determine which of the following series converges/diverges:

∞ log n ∞
√
∞ n n ∞ ∞ 1
1 π
 
sin √1n .
P P P P
P
(a) 3/2
(b) √ (c) 2
(d) sin 2n (e)
n=1 n n=1 n n n=1 n n=1 n
n
n=0

4. Determine which of the following series converges/diverges:

√
P∞ n 2 P∞ n! ∞
P n!
(a) n
(b) n
(c) .
n=1 2 n=1 10 n=1 (2n + 1)!

5. Determine which of the following series converges absolutely/conditionally:

∞ 1 ∞ sin nx ∞ 1
(−1)n (−1)n 2 (−1)n
P P P
(a) (b) (c) .
n=1 n n=1 n n=2 log n
6. Find the value of x for which the following series converges:
2
∞ ∞ n!xn ∞ nn
n n
(x − 1)n .
P P P
(a) (n + 1 + 2 )x (b) n
(c) n2
n=0 n=0 n n=1 (n + 1)

7. Let {an }, {bn } be sequences in R such that |an | ≤ |bn | for all n ∈ N. Then which of
the following statements are true?
∞
P ∞
P
(a) If the series bn converges, then an must converge.
n=1 n=1
P∞ ∞
P
(b) If the series an converges, then bn must converge.
n=1 n=1
∞
P ∞
P
(c) If the series bn converges absolutely, then the series an must converge
n=1 n=1
absolutely.
∞
P ∞
P
(d) If the series an converges absolutely, then the series bn must converge
n=1 n=1
absolutely.