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Alternating Series
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Alternating SeriesAn alternating series is a series whose terms are alternately positive and negative. Here are two examples:
We see from these examples that the nth term of an alternating series is of the form
an = (–1)n –1bn or an = (–1)nbn
where bn is a positive number. (In fact, bn = | an |.)
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Alternating SeriesThe following test says that if the terms of an alternating series decrease to 0 in absolute value, then the series converges.
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Example 1 – Using the Alternating Series Test
The alternating harmonic series
satisfies
(i) bn+1 < bn because
(ii)
so the series is convergent by the Alternating Series Test.
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Alternating SeriesThe error involved in using the partial sum sn as anapproximation to the total sum s is the remainder Rn = s – sn.
The next theorem says that for series that satisfy the conditions of the Alternating Series Test, the size of the error is smaller than bn+1, which is the absolute value of the first neglected term.
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Absolute Convergence
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Absolute ConvergenceGiven any series an, we can consider the corresponding series
whose terms are the absolute values of the terms of the original series.
Notice that if an is a series with positive terms, then | an | = an and so absolute convergence is the same as convergence.
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Example 5 – Determining Absolute Convergence
The series
is absolutely convergent because
is a convergent p-series (p = 2).
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Example 6 – A Series that is Convergent but not Absolutely Convergent
We know that the alternating harmonic series
is convergent (see Example 1), but it is not absolutely convergent because the corresponding series of absolute values is
which is the harmonic series ( p-series with p = 1) and is therefore divergent.
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Absolute ConvergenceExample 6 shows that it is possible for a series to be convergent but not absolutely convergent.
However, Theorem 1 shows that absolute convergence implies convergence.
To see why Theorem 1 is true, observe that the inequality
0 an + | an | 2| an |
is true because | an | is either an or –an.
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Absolute Convergence
If an is absolutely convergent, then | an | is convergent, so
2| an | is convergent.
Therefore, by the Comparison Test, ( an + | an |) is
convergent. Then
an = ( an + | an |) – | an |
is the difference of two convergent series and is therefore
convergent.
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The Ratio Test
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The Ratio Test
The following test is very useful in determining whether a
given series is absolutely convergent.
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Example 8 – Using the Ratio TestTest the series for absolute convergence.
Solution:
We use the Ratio Test with an = (–1)nn3/3n :
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Example 8 – Solution
Thus, by the Ratio Test, the given series is absolutely convergent and therefore convergent.
cont’d