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  1. May 20th 2012, 11:34 AM #1
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    Convergent Series Proof

    And help with this would be appreciated! Prove that if the series, ∑n=1infinity (n*sn) converges, then sn tends to 0 as n tends to infinity.
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    Re: Convergent Series Proof

    Hint: If \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {{a_n}} converges then we know that \left( {{a_n}} \right) \to 0.
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