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Math 104 - Calculus I
  • August 9
  • (but first, a quick review)

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Series of positive terms
  • Convergence questions for series of positive
    terms are easiest to understand conceptually.
  • Since all the terms a are assumed to be
    positive, the sequence of partial sums S must
    be an increasing sequence.
  • So the least upper bound property discussed
    earlier comes into play -- either the sequence of
    partial sums has an upper bound or it doesn't.
  • If the sequence of partial sums is bounded above,
    then it must converge and so will the series. If
    not, then the series diverges. That's it.

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Tests for convergence of series of positive
terms
  • The upper bound observations give rise to
    several "tests" for convergence of series of
    positive terms. They all are based pretty much on
    common sense ways to show that the partial sums
    of the series being tested is bounded are all
    less than those of a series that is known to
    converge (or greater than those of a series that
    is known to diverge). The names of the tests we
    will discuss are...

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Tests...
  • 1. The integral test
  • 2. The comparison test
  • 3. The ratio test
  • 4. The limit comparison test (sometimes called
    the ratio comparison test)
  • 5. The root test

TODAY
TODAY
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The integral test
  • Since improper integrals of the form
  • provide us with many examples of telescoping
    series whose convergence is readily determined,
    we can use integrals to determine convergence of
    series

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Integral test cont.
  • For example, consider the series
  • From the following picture, it is evident that
    the nth partial sum of this series is less than

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What is the sum?
  • The sum of the terms is equal to the sum of the
    areas of the shaded rectangles, and if we start
    integrating at 1 instead of 0, the
  • improper integral converges
  • (question what is the integral? so what bound
    to you conclude for the series?).
  • Since the value of the improper integral (plus 1)
    provides us with an upper bound for all of the
    partial sums, the series must converge.
  • It is an interesting question as to exactly what
    the sum is. We will answer it next week.

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The integral test...
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Discussion and Connect
Question
  • -- for which exponents p does the series
    converge?
  • (These are sometimes called p-series, for obvious
    reasons -- these together with the geometric
    series give us lots of useful examples of series
    whose convergence or divergence we know).

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Error estimates
  • Using the picture that proves the integral test
    for convergent series, we can get an estimate on
    how far off we are from the limit of the series
    if we stop adding after N terms for any finite
    value of N.
  • If we approximate the convergent series
  • by the partial sum
  • then the error we commit is less than the value
    of the integral

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Take a closer look...
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Question
  • A) Converge
  • B) Diverge

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Question
A) Converge B) Diverge
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Connect
Exercise
  • For this latter series, find a bound on the
    error if we use the sum of the first 100 terms to
    approximate the limit. (answer it is less than
    about .015657444)

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The comparison test
  • This convergence test is even more common-
  • sensical than the integral test. It says that if
  • all the terms of the series are less than
  • the corresponding terms of the series
  • and if converges, then
  • converges also.

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Reverse
  • This test can also be used in reversed -- if
  • the b series diverges and the as are bigger
  • than the corresponding bs, then
  • diverges also.

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Examples
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Question
A) Converge B) Diverge
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Question
A) Converge B) Diverge
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Convergence Tests...
  • 1. The integral test
  • 2. The comparison test
  • 3. The ratio test
  • 4. The limit comparison test (sometimes called
    the ratio comparison test)
  • 5. The root test

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The ratio test
  • The ratio test is a specific form of the
    comparison test, where the comparison series is a
    geometric series. We begin with the observation
    that for geometric series, the ratio of
    consecutive terms
  • is a constant (we called it r earlier).

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Ratio test (cont.)
  • For other series, even if the ratio of
    consecutive terms is not constant, it might have
    a limit as n goes to infinity. If this is the
    case, and the limit is not equal to 1, then the
    series converges or diverges according to whether
    the geometric series with the same ratio does. In
    other words

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The ratio test
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Example
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Another example
For , the ratio is 1 and the
ratio test is inconclusive. Of course, the
integral test applies to these p-series.
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Question
A) Converge B) Diverge
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Question
A) Converge B) Diverge
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Root test
  • The last test for series with positive terms that
    we have to worry about is the root test. This is
    another comparison with the geometric series.
    It's like the ratio test, except that it begins
    with the observation that for geometric series,
    the nth root of the nth term approaches the ratio
    r as n goes to infinity (because the nth term is
    arn and so the nth root of the nth term is
    a1/nr-- which approaches r since the nth root of
    any positive number approaches 1 as n goes to
    infinity.

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The root test says...
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Example
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Question
A) Converge B) Diverge
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Series whose terms are not all positive
  • Now that we have series of positive terms under
    control, we turn to series whose terms can change
    sign.
  • Since subtraction tends to provide cancellation
    which should "help" the series converge, we begin
    with the following observation
  • A series with and - signs will definitely
    converge if the corresponding series obtained by
    replacing all the - signs by signs converges.

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Absolutely convergent series
  • A series whose series of absolute values
    converges, which is itself then convergent, is
    called an absolutely convergent series.

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Examples...
Series that are convergent although their series
of absolute values diverge (convergent but not
absolutely convergent) are called conditionally
convergent.
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Alternating series
  • A special case of series whose terms are of both
    signs that arises surprisingly often is that of
    alternating series . These are series whose terms
    alternate in sign. There is a surprisingly simple
    convergence test that works for many of these

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Alternating series test
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Example
  • The alternating harmonic series clearly
    satisfies the conditions of the test and is
    therefore convergent. The error
  • estimate tells us that the sum
  • is less than the limit, and within 1/5. Just to
    practice using the jargon, the alternating
    harmonic series, being convergent but not
    absolutely convergent, is an example of a
    conditionally convergent series.

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Classify each of the following...
  • A) Absolutely convergent
  • B) Conditionally divergent
  • C) Divergent

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Classify each of the following...
  • A) Absolutely convergent
  • B) Conditionally divergent
  • C) Divergent

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Classify each of the following...
  • A) Absolutely convergent
  • B) Conditionally divergent
  • C) Divergent

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Power series
  • Last week's project was to try and sum series
    using your calculator or computer. The answers
    correct to ten decimal places are
  • Sum((-1)n/(2n1),n0..infinity)
    evalf(sum((-1)n/(2n1),n0.. infinity))
  • Sum(1/factorial(n),n0..infinity)evalf(sum(1/fact
    orial(n),n0..infinity))

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Power series (cont.)
  • Sum(1/n2,n1..infinity)evalf(sum(1/n2,n1..infi
    nity))
  • Sum((-1)(n1)/n,n1..infinity)evalf(sum((-1)
    (n1)/n,n1..infinity))
  • We can recognize these numbers as

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Two directions
  • 1. Given a number, come up with a series that has
    the number as its sum, so we can use it to get
    approximations.
  • 2. Develop an extensive vocabulary of "known"
    series, so we can recognize "familiar" series
    more often.

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Geometric series revisited
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r as a variable
  • Changing our point of view for a minute (or a
    week, or a lifetime), let's think of r as a
    variable. We change its name to x to emphasize
    the point

So the series defines a function (at least for
certain values of x).
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Watch out...
  • We can identify the geometric series when we see
    it, we can calculate the function it represents
    and go back and forth between function values and
    specific series.
  • We must be careful, though, to avoid substituting
    values of x that are not allowed, lest we get
    nonsensical statements like

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Power series
  • If you look at the geometric series as a
    function, it
  • looks rather like a polynomial, but of infinite
    degree.
  • Polynomials are important in mathematics for many
  • reasons among which are
  • 1. Simplicity -- they are easy to express, to
    add, subtract, multiply, and occasionally divide
  • 2. Closure -- they stay polynomials when they are
    added, subtracted and multiplied.
  • 3. Calculus -- they stay polynomials when they
    are differentiated or integrated

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Infinite polynomials
  • So, we'll think of power series as "infinite
    polynomials", and write

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Three (or 4) questions arise...
  • 1. Given a function (other than ), can it be
    expressed as a power series? If so, how?
  • 2. For what values of x is a power series
    representation valid? (This is a two part
    question -- if we start with a function f(x) and
    form "its" power series, then
  • (a) For which values of x does the series
    converge?
  • (b) For which values of x does the series
    converge to f(x) ?
  • There's also the question of "how fast".

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continued
  • 3. Given a series, can we tell what function it
    came from?
  • 4. What is all this good for?
  • As it turns out, the questions in order of
    difficulty, are 1, 2(a), 2(b) and 3. So we start
    with question 1

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The power series of a function of f(x)
  • Suppose the function f(x) has the power series

Q. How can we calculate the coefficients a
from a knowledge of f(x)? A. One
at a time -- differentiate and plug in x0!
i
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Take note...
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Continuing in this way...
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Example
  • Suppose we know, for the function f, that f(0)1
    and f ' f.
  • Then f '' f ', f ''' f '' etc... So f '(0)
    f ''(0) f '''(0) ... 1.
  • From the properties of f we know on the one hand
    that So we get that...

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Good night
  • See you Wednesday!
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