Chapter 9: Problem 13
Find the limit of the following sequences or determine that the limit does not exist. $$\left\\{\frac{3^{n+1}+3}{3^{n}}\right\\}$$
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Chapter 9: Problem 13
Find the limit of the following sequences or determine that the limit does not exist. $$\left\\{\frac{3^{n+1}+3}{3^{n}}\right\\}$$
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The prime numbers are those positive integers that are divisible by only 1 and themselves (for example, 2,3,5 7, \(11,13, \ldots .\) ). A celebrated theorem states that the sequence of prime numbers \(\left\\{p_{k}\right\\}\) satisfies \(\lim _{k \rightarrow \infty} p_{k} /(k \ln k)=1 .\) Show that \(\sum_{k=2}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k \ln k}\) diverges, which implies that the series \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{p_{k}}\) diverges.
Determine whether the following series converge absolutely or conditionally, or diverge. $$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{(-1)^{k} \tan ^{-1} k}{k^{3}}$$
Showing that \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{2}}=\frac{\pi^{2}}{6}
\operatorname{In} 1734,\) Leonhard Euler informally
proved that \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{2}}=\frac{\pi^{2}}{6} .\) An
elegant proof is outlined here that uses the inequality
$$
\cot ^{2} x<\frac{1}{x^{2}}<1+\cot ^{2} x\left(\text { provided that }
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A well-known method for approximating \(\sqrt{c}\) for positive real numbers \(c\) consists of the following recurrence relation (based on Newton's method). Let \(a_{0}=c\) and $$a_{n+1}=\frac{1}{2}\left(a_{n}+\frac{c}{a_{n}}\right), \quad \text { for } n=0,1,2,3, \dots$$ a. Use this recurrence relation to approximate \(\sqrt{10} .\) How many terms of the sequence are needed to approximate \(\sqrt{10}\) with an error less than \(0.01 ?\) How many terms of the sequence are needed to approximate \(\sqrt{10}\) with an error less than \(0.0001 ?\) (To compute the error, assume a calculator gives the exact value.) b. Use this recurrence relation to approximate \(\sqrt{c},\) for \(c=2\) \(3, \ldots, 10 .\) Make a table showing how many terms of the sequence are needed to approximate \(\sqrt{c}\) with an error less than \(0.01.\)
Determine whether the following series converge absolutely or conditionally, or diverge. $$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\left(-\frac{1}{3}\right)^{k}$$
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