DUE: WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH, START OF GROUP LAB

Fun with Series

1. Announcements
• Midterm 2: Friday 30-October-2020, 6pm-8pm, IN PERSON (ch 10, ch 11)
• Last day to Drop: Friday 6-November-2020, 4pm.
• Midterm 3 (cumulative, ch 8, ch 10, ch 11, ch 6): Saturday 21-November-2020, 12:30pm-3pm (time
subject to change), IN PERSON
• Midterm 4: Saturday 12-December-2020, 12:30pm (time subject to change), ONLINE (ch 12)
• If you have a conflict with ANY of the above dates, contact your instructor immediately, as you
have missed the deadline for makeup requests. FORGETTING or GETTING THE TIME WRONG
is not justification for a makeup exam.
2. SERIES
All of the examples below can be located in an appropriate section of the book.
P P P
(1) Provide an example of two series ak and bk that both diverge, but (ak − bk ) converges.

Sigma a sub k = Sigma 1/k, Sigma b sub k = Sigma (1/k + 2/k^2)

1/k - 1/k - 2/k^2 = -Sigma 2/k^2 which converges.
P∞
(2) P
Provide an example of a series k=1 ak such that the partial sums Sn are bounded but the series
∞
k=1 ak diverges.

Sigma (-1)^k is divergent

S1 = -1, S2 = 0, S3 = -1 -> bounded
P∞ P∞ 1
(3) Provide an example of a geometric series k=0 rk such that k=0 rk 6= 1−r

Sigma 3^k => 3^k =/= -1/2

P P
(4) Provide an example of a series ak such that ak diverges but limk→∞ ak = 0

Sigma (1/k), diverges but the limit 1/k as k -> inf is 0.

1 k 1 k 1 k
P∞
, ∞

P
P∞

(5) Compute k=0 2 k=0 3
, and k=0 6

First series can be rewritten as 1/(1-1/2) = 2

Second series can be rewritten as 1/(1-1/3) = 3/2
Third series can be rewritten as 1/(1-1/6) = 6/5