Assignment -1 (Sequence and Series)

Calculus for Engineers (Course Code – MAL 103)

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, NAGPUR

1. Show that the series 1  r  r 2  r 3  r 4  ...  ,

(i) converges if r  1 (ii) diverges if r  1 (iii) oscillates if r  1.

2. Discuss the convergence of the following by Limit comparison test:

 
1 1
(i) 
n 1 n( n  1)
(ii) x
n 1
n
 xn

1 1 1 4 9
(iii)  n sin  n 
n 1
(iv)  
4.7.10 7.10.13 10.13.16
 ...

3. Discuss the convergence of the following by Ratio test:

x x2 x3 x 4 3 8 15
(i)     ... , x  0 (ii) x  x 2  x3  x 4  ... , x  0
1.2 2.3 3.4 4.5 5 10 17

 nx 
n

(iii) 1  3 x  5 x  7 x  9 x  ... , x  0
2 3 4
(iv)  n!
, x 0.

4. Discuss the convergence of the following by Root test:

x x 2 x3 1 1 1
(i) 1     ... , x  0 (ii) 1     ...
2 32 43 22 33 44
n 1 2 3
 n 1  n  22 2   33 3   44 4 
(iii)    x , x 0 (iv)  2     3     4    ...
n2 1 1 2 2 3 3

5. Prove that

1 1 1 1
Lt  1    ...    0 .
n  n 2 3 n

6. Prove that
1/ n
  2 1  3 2  4 3  n  1 n 
Lt        ...    e.
n   1
   2   3   n  