Thursday, 13 November 2014

calculus - Convergence of the series sumlimitsinftyn=1(1)nfracln(n)sqrtn



I would like to see whether or not n=1(1)nln(n)n

is a convergent series.




Root test and ratio test are both inconclusive. I tried the alternating series test after altering the form of the series:
n=1(1)n1[ln(n)n].


After using L-Hospital, it's clear that limn[ln(n)n]=0. To show that it's decreasing led to me finding the derivative ln(n)2n3/21n3/2, which I could set to be less than 0, but a plot has shown that n<e2 is not where ln(n)n is decreasing.



So all that remains is a comparison test. I can't think of a clever comparison to use for this case. Any ideas?


Answer



If f(x)=lnxx then



f(x)=2lnx2x3.




Which is negative for all x>e2. So f(n)=bn is decreasing for all integers n8.


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