I am given the series:
∞∑j=1(2j)2j! and I can show that it converges by using the ratio test, but I'm not sure how to approach to prove its convergence without it.
Answer
Let
aj=(2j)2j!.
Then
aj+1aj=(2j+1)2(j+1)!(2j)2j!=22(j+1)−2jj+1=4j+1.
Therefore,
for
j≥9,
aj+1aj≤12.
By induction,
for
j≥9 and
k≥1,
aj+kaj≤12k.
Therefore
for
j≥9 and
k≥1,
aj+k≤aj12k
so that,
for j≤9,
∑∞k=1aj+k≤∑∞k=1aj12k=aj.
Since initial terms of a sum
do not affect the convergence,
the sum converges.
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