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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU), Varanasi

Department of Mathematical Sciences


MA101 Engineering Mathematics I: Even Semester 2023-24
Tutorial sheet 3: Series

Exercise 1: Test the convergence or divergence of the following series:

1 22 33
(i) 1 + + + + ···
22 33 44
(a + 1) (a + 1)(2a + 1) (a + 1)(2a + 1)(3a + 1)
(ii) 1 + + + + · · · where a, b > 0.
(b + 1) (b + 1)(2b + 1) (b + 1)(2b + 1)(3b + 1)

Exercise 2: Determine the convergence or divergence of the following series

∞
X ln(n)
(i) (−1)n .
n=2
n3
∞
X 3n
(ii) (−1)n .
n=5
2n + 5n
∞
X 1
(iii) (−1)n .
n=3
[ln(ln(n))]ln(n)

P∞ 1
Exercise 3: Discuss the convergence or divergence of the series n=2 , where p is any real constant.
(ln(n))p

Exercise 4: Let
2 + cos(n)
a1 = 1 an+1 = √ an , for n ∈ N.
n
P
Determine if an converges or diverges.

Exercise 5: Find the values of α > 0 such that if an > 0 and lim(nα an ) = ` with ` 6= 0, then the series
P
an
converges or diverges.
∞
X
Exercise 6: Let ak , bk ≥ 0 for all k. If ak converges and {bk } is a bounded sequence, then discuss the
k=0
∞
X
convergence or divergence of the series a k bk .
k=0

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