Chapter 1: Q8MP (page 1)

Test for convergence: ${鈭�}_{n = 2}^{鈭�} \frac{2 n^{3}}{n^{4} - 2}$

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The limit is greater than 0, so the series ${鈭�}_{n = 2}^{鈭�} \frac{2 n^{3}}{n^{4} - 2}$ diverges.

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Concept and formula used to show that the series diverges

A special comparison test has two parts as follows:

1- The series ${鈭�}_{n = 1}^{鈭�} a_{n}$ converges if $a_{n} 猢� 0$ and $\frac{a_{n}}{b_{n}}$ tends to a finite limit.

2- The series ${鈭�}_{n = 1}^{鈭�} a_{n}$ diverges if $a_{n} 猢� 0$ and $\frac{a_{n}}{b_{n}}$ tends to a limit greater than 0.

Calculation to show that the given series diverges

Let $a_{n} = \frac{2 n^{3}}{n^{4} - 2}$ .

Consider the given series as comparison series as follows:

${鈭�}_{n = 2}^{鈭�} \frac{n^{3}}{n^{4}} = {鈭�}_{n = 2}^{鈭�} \frac{1}{n}$

Take

$b_{n} = \frac{1}{n}$

Here, it is known that $鈭� b_{n} = 鈭� \frac{1}{n}$ is a divergent series.

Now, use the special comparison test and simplify as follows:

role="math" localid="1664274810995" $l i m_{n 鈫� 鈭�} \frac{a_{n}}{b_{n}} = l i m_{n 鈫� 鈭�} \frac{a_{n}}{b_{n}} (\frac{\frac{2 n^{3}}{n^{4} - 2}}{\frac{1}{n}}) = l i m_{n 鈫� 鈭�} \frac{a_{n}}{b_{n}} (\frac{2 n^{3}}{n^{4} (1 - \frac{2}{n^{4}})} 路 n) = \frac{2}{1 - \frac{2}{n^{4}}} = 2$

Here, the $l i m_{n 鈫� 鈭�} \frac{a_{n}}{b_{n}} = 2 > 0$ . So, the given series diverges.

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Test for convergence: 鈭�n=2鈭�2n3n4-2

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Test for convergence: ${鈭�}_{n = 2}^{鈭�} \frac{2 n^{3}}{n^{4} - 2}$