Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, H. P.

India
Engineering Mathematics - IC 110
Tutorial-3
Odd Semester( 2019-20)
Convergence of a sequence, Cauchy sequences and Series.

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1. Prove that the sequence {xk } with general term xk = 1 is infinitely small as k → ∞. Find a
7(k+1) 3
1 1
number N beginning with which the points xk belong to the open interval I = (− 10 , 10 ).
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2. Show that the sequence {xk }, where xk = 1 + 1! + 2! + 3! + ··· + k! is Cauchy sequence.
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3. Check whether the sequence {xk }, where xk = k+1 is Cauchy or not?

4. Show that the following series are convergent

P∞ 2
(a) n=1 exp (−n ).
P∞ 1
(b) n=1 (2n −1) .

5. Check whether the following statements are true or false?

(a) If ∞
P P∞ an
n=1 an is convergent then n=1 n is convergent.
√
(b) If n=1 an and n=1 bn are convergent series of positive real numbers then ∞
P∞ P∞ P
n=1 an bn is
convergent.

6. Which of the following series converge?

P∞ (2n)!(3n)!
(a) n=1 n!(4n)!
P∞ n!
(b) n=1 nn
P∞ 1
(c) n=1 cos n
P∞
7. (a) Let x1 , x2 , xP
3 , . . . be positive numbers.Prove that convergence of series k=1 xk implies the con-
∞ √
vergence of k=1 xk xk+1 but the converse of this statement is not true.
(b) Prove that If ∞
P P ∞ xk P∞ xk
k=1 xk is a convergent series of positive terms then series k=1 xk +1 and k=1 1−xk
are also convergent.