# Math Help - What Convergence Test Would You Use For These Series?

1. ## What Convergence Test Would You Use For These Series?

$\sum^{\infty}_{k=1}\sin(\frac{1}{4k})$

$\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}\tan(\frac{1}{n})$
I really have no Idea where to start.

2. For the first serie, i would prove that it converges absoloutly using that $|sin(a)|\leq |a|$

edit: my idea doesn't work's

For the second, mmmm, let me think xd

3. Originally Posted by Slyprince
$\sum^{\infty}_{k=1}\sin(\frac{1}{4k})$

$\sum^{\infty}_{n=1}\tan(\frac{1}{n})$
I really have no Idea where to start.
$\lim_{x\to0}\frac{\tan(x)}{x}=\lim_{x\to0}\frac{\s in(x)}{x}=1$.

4. Notice that for both of these series that as n (or k) gets very large, the value 1/n (or 1/(4k)) gets very close to zero. Consider that the derivative of sin(x) and tan(x) at points very near zero is nearly equal to one, which is like saying at points very near zero these functions behave similarly to f(x)=x. So, the functions you give could be said to be comparable to f(x)=1/x.

Brian

5. I figured it out. You use limit comparison test for
$\lim_{k\rightarrow \infty }\frac{a_{k}}{b_{k}}=\lim_{k\rightarrow \infty }\frac{\sin (\frac{1}{4k})}{\frac{1}{4k}}$

then

$\lim_{\theta \to 0}\frac{\sin \theta }{\theta }=1> 0$

so they both diverge or converge.

And since $\sum_{k=1}^{\infty }\frac{1}{4k}$ diverges by the p-series test so does $\sum_{k=1}^{\infty }\sin \left ( \frac{1}{4k} \right )$