Tuesday, 19 March 2013

calculus - Is sumsin2(k)/k Convergent?




A student recently used the series k=1sin2kk as an example of a divergent series whose terms tend to 0. However, I'm having trouble convincing myself that this series does in fact converge. Anyone have any ideas?


Answer



The series diverges. Notice



sin2(k)+sin2(k+1)=12(1cos(2k))+12(1cos(2k+2))=1cos(1)cos(2k+1)1cos(1)



We have 2Nk=1sin2(k)k=Nk=1(sin2(2k1)2k1+sin2(2k)2k)1cos(1)2Nk=11k


which diverges to as N.


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