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Lesson 2a Harmonic Series Integral Test

The document discusses harmonic series, hyperharmonic series, and tests for convergence including the divergence test and integral test. It provides definitions and examples of applying these tests to determine if series converge or diverge. Exercises are also provided to apply the concepts.

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Lesson 2a Harmonic Series Integral Test

The document discusses harmonic series, hyperharmonic series, and tests for convergence including the divergence test and integral test. It provides definitions and examples of applying these tests to determine if series converge or diverge. Exercises are also provided to apply the concepts.

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Lesson 2a

HARMONIC SERIES,
HYPERHARMONIC
SERIES, DIVERGENCE
TEST AND INTEGRAL
TEST

MAPUA UNIVERSITY
Special Types of Series

Harmonic Series

• It is a series of the form + +

• It is a divergent series
Special Types of Series
 Hyperharmonic Series or p-series
• An infinite series of the form

• Converges if and diverge if

1.  2 2. 
1


k
k 1
3
k 1 k
TESTS FOR CONVERGENCE
Divergence Test
THEOREM : nth Term Test for Divergence

a) If then the series diverges.

b) If then the series may either

converge or diverge.

THEOREM: Limit of the nth Term of a Convergent Series

If the series converges, then


EXAMPLE

Determine whether the series converges∨diverges


1.
Integral Test
Note: Try this test only when f(x) is easy to integrate

THEOREM: Let be a series with positive terms.


If f is a function that is decreasing and continuous on an
interval and such that for all

and

both converge or both diverge.


EXAMPLE

Confirm that the Integral Test is applicable and use it to determine whether the series converges.

1.

.
EXAMPLE

.
EXAMPLE

2.
Solution:

Applying integration on the series,


=;

Since the integral diverges, then the series also


diverges
EXERCISES

1. For each given p-series, identify p and determine


whether the series converges
a. b. c.

2. Apply the divergence test and state what it tells you


about the series.
a. b. c.

3. Confirm that the integral test is applicable and use it to


determine whether the series converges.
a.. b. c.

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