# Determine whether the series is absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent ....

• April 25th 2010, 08:37 PM
alin1916
Determine whether the series is absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent ....
Determine whether the series is absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent, or divergent.

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• April 25th 2010, 08:46 PM
Prove It
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Originally Posted by alin1916
Determine whether the series is absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent, or divergent.

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Ratio test:

$\lim_{k \to \infty}\left|\frac{a_{k + 1}}{a_k}\right|$

$= \lim_{k \to \infty}\left|\frac{\frac{(-1)^{k + 2}\cdot 1 \cdot 4 \cdot 7 \cdot \dots \cdot (3k - 2) \cdot (3k + 1)}{(k + 1)!2^{k + 1}}}{\frac{(-1)^{k + 1}\cdot 1 \cdot 4 \cdot 7 \cdot \dots \cdot (3k - 2)}{k!2^k}}\right|$

$= \lim_{k \to \infty}\frac{\frac{1 \cdot 4 \cdot 7 \cdot \dots \cdot (3k - 2) \cdot (3k + 1)}{(k + 1)!2^{k + 1}}}{\frac{1 \cdot 4 \cdot 7 \cdot \dots \cdot (3k - 2)}{k!2^k}}$

$= \lim_{k \to \infty}\frac{3k + 1}{2(k + 1)}$

$= \lim_{k \to \infty}\frac{3k + 1}{2k + 2}$

$= \lim_{k \to \infty}\frac{3}{2}$ by L'Hospital's Rule

$= \frac{3}{2}$

$> 1$.

So the series is divergent.