Friday, 17 January 2014

proof verification - If the series sumi1nftyan converges, then so does sumi1nftyfracann



The problem:



Show that if 1an converges and an0 for all n1, then 1ann
also converges. Is the statement
true without the hypothesis an0 ?




My attempt:



1) 11n, because an0 we have anann
=>if 1an converge then 1ann
also converges.



2) if 1an converge then partial sums sn is a bounded sequence, and 1n is decreasing and 1n0 from Dirichlet test we have 1ann converges.



But I'm not sure if this is correct I feel something is wrong.


Answer




It is correct. I would have used Abel's test to justify the convergence of n=1ann without the assumption that (nN):an. It allows you to deduce that, say, \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{na_n}{n+1} also converges.


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