Monday, 15 April 2013

calculus - Convergence of series sumlimitsin=2nftyfracn3+1n41




Investigate the series for convergence and if possible, determine its
limit: n=2n3+1n41





My thoughts



Let there be the sequence sn=n3+1n41,n2.



I have tried different things with no avail. I suspect I must find a lower series which diverges, in order to prove that it diverges, and use the comparison test.



Could you give me some hints as a comment? Then I'll try to update my question, so you can double-check it afterwards.



Update




sn>n3n4=1n



which means that



lim



but \sum\limits_{n=2}^\infty\frac1n = \infty



so \sum\limits_{n=2}^\infty s_n = \infty




thus the series \sum\limits_{n=2}^\infty s_n also diverges.



The question is: is this formally sufficient?


Answer



\frac{n^3+1}{n^4-1}\gt\frac{n^3}{n^4}=\frac1n\;.


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