SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

MA16151 MATHEMATICS – I
(ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017)
WORKSHEET (UNIT II: SEQUENCES AND SERIES)

PART- A

1. Define sequence with an example.

2. Define convergence, divergence and oscillation of a sequence with an example for each.
3. Test the convergence of the following sequences:
3 5 7 1 1 1 n 2  2n
(i) 1, , , ,…  (ii) 1, , , ,…  (iii) 1,2,3,…  (iv) 3+(-1) (iv)
n

2 3 4 2 4 8 3n 2  n
[Ans: (i) C (ii) C (iii) D (iv) O (v) C]
4. Define convergence, divergence of an infinite series with an example for each.
5. State some of the general properties of a series.
6. State the necessary condition for the convergence of a series ∑ u n .
7. Give an example to show that ∑ u n is not convergent even though lim u n  0.
n 
8. Examine the convergence of the following series:
1 1 1
(i) 1  2  3  ...  n  ... (ii)    ... (iii) 6  10  4  6  10  4  6  10  4  ...
1.2 2.3 3.4
[Ans: (i) D (ii) C (iii) O ]
9. State the Comparison Test for the convergence of  u n .

10. State D’Alembert’s Ratio Test for the convergence of  u n .

11. State Integral Test for the convergence of  u n .
12. State Leibnitz’s Test for the convergence of an alternating series.
13. What is meant by absolute convergence? Give an example.
14. What is meant by conditional convergence? Give an example.
15. Give an example of a series which is convergent but not absolutely convergent.

PART-B

1. Show that the geometric series r n

 1  r  r 2  r 3  ...  r n  ...
(i)converges if r  1 (ii) diverges if r  1 (iii) oscillates if r  1

2. Examine the convergence of the following series:

1 2 2 33 1 4 9 1 .2 3 .4
(i) 1  2  3  4  ... (ii)    ... (iii) 2 2
 2 2  ...
2 3 4 4.7.10 7.10.13 10.13.16 3 .4 5 .6
1
3
2n 2  1 1 1 1 1
(iv)  sin 
n
(v) (vi)   n  sin n  (vii)  tan 
n
4
3n  2n  5
3
n
3 1
n
1
(viii)  2n  1
(ix) 
x  x n
n

[Ans: (i) D (ii) C (iii) C (iv) D (v) D (vi) C (vii) C (viii) D (ix) C ]
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3. Using Integral Test, show that the p-series n p
(i) converges if p  1 (ii) diverges if p  1 .

4. Using Integral Test, test the convergence of the following series:

 
1 1 1
(i)  n log n (ii) n 2
1
(iii)  ne n2
(iv) 
n 3 n(log n )(loglog n)
p
,p0
n 2

[Ans: (i) D (ii) C (iii) C (iv) converges if p  1 and diverges if p  1 .

5. Examine the convergence or divergence of the following series:

2p 3p 4 p n3  a n!2 n n
(i) 1     ...( p  0) (ii)  n
2 a
(iii)  n n (iv)  xn
2! 3! 4! n 1
2

1 x2 x4 x6 2 6 14
(v)     ..., ( x  0) (vi) 1  x  x 2  x 3  ..., ( x  0)
2 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 5 9 17

[Ans: (i) C (ii) C (iii) C (iv) converges if x  1 and diverges if x  1

(v) converges if x 2  1 and diverges if x 2  1 (vi) converges if x  1 and diverges if x  1 ]

6. Examine the convergence (Convergence, Absolute convergence , Conditional Convergence) of the

following series:

1 1 1 1
(i) 3
 3 (1  2)  3 (1  2  3)  3 (1  2  3  4)  ... [Ans: conditionally convergent]
2 3 4 5

n
(ii)  (1) n 1

2n  1
[Ans: not convergent]

1 1 1
(iii) 1  2
 2  2  ... [Ans: absolutely convergent]
2 3 4

1 2 3
(iv)    ... [Ans: absolutely convergent]
2! 3! 4!

x x2 x3
(v)    ..., (0  x  1) [Ans: absolutely convergent]
1  x 1  x2 1  x3

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