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Use this visual guide to train yourself to quickly recognize different types of series.
Sometimes the best way to recognize the type of series is to write out the first few terms
of the series and then match it to one of the types of series below.
Geometric series
103 ( )
17 17 17 17 1 1
2.3171717... = 2.3 + + + + . . . = 2.3 + 1 + + + ...
103 105 107 102 104
3 (3) (3)
2 3
[ ]
10 20 40 2 2 2
5− + − + ... = 5 1 − + − + ...
3 9 27
( ) ( )
2 3
[ ]
9 27 3 3 3
4+3+ + + ... = 4 1 + + + + ...
4 16 4 4 4
3 (3) (3)
2 3
[ ]
16 64 4 4 4
3−4+ − + ... = 3 1 − + − + ...
3 9
p-series
∞
1 1 1 1 1
∑ n3
= + + + + ...
n=1
1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3
15
∞ ∞
1 1 1 1 1
∑ n 13 ∑
= 3
=1+ 3
+ 3
+ 3
+ ...
n=1 n=1 n 2 3 4
Telescoping series
∑(n n + 1) ( 2) (2 3) (3 4) (n n + 1)
∞
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
− = 1− + − + − + ... + −
n=1
Alternating series
∞ ∞ ∞
n
n (−1)n−1 n+1 n2
∑ ∑ 2n + 1 ∑
(−1) (−1)
n=1
2n + 3 n=1 n=1
n3 + 4
∞ ∞ ∞
n n n−1 2
(−1)n+1ne −n
∑ ∑ ∑
(−1) (−1) e
n
∞ ∞
n 3n
−1
(−1)n−1arctan n
∑ ∑
(−1)
n=1
2n + 1 n=1
∞ ∞
n −n (−1)n−1
∑ ∑ ln(n + 4)
(−1) e
n=1 n=1
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