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Question: Find the radius of convergence and interval of convergence for
sum(n=1to infinity)(-1)^n-1 n(x-1)^n/(n^2+1)2^n
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The summation is for n=1 to ∞.
The expression is an alternating series:
(-1)^(n-1) * n(x-1)^n / ((n²+1)2^n)
You would be using different tests for convergence and choose values of x between which the series is convergent.
For example, the limit test requires that an=0 as n->∞, so
For an=0 at n->∞, we require
Lim n(x-1)^n / ((n²+1)2^n) = 0
which is equivalent to requiring convergence of ((x-1)/2)^n, which in turn implies |x-1|<2, or x0±r, where x0=1, r=2.
Note that the at the extreme limit of radius of convergence (-1 and 3 in this case), convergence has to be checked individually.
At x=3, we are looking at the limit of an alternating series:
(-1)^(n-1) n(x-1)^n / ((n²+1)2^n)
which reduces at x=3 to
(-1)^(n-1) n/(n^sup2;+1)
or
(-1)^(n-1) 1/n
which converges by comparison with Leibniz series of
1-1/2+1/3-1/4+1/5-...
Similarly, the series converges at x=-1.
So the radius of convergence is 0≤r≤2.
Similar tests can and should be applied:
- ratio test
requires an+1/an <1.
- root test
requires (an)^(1/n)<1
- leibniz test for alternating series
basically requires both the ratio test and limit test to pass.
Check out all the tests available to you, from above and from your class notes, and make a final decision on the radius of convergence.
To find the radius of convergence and interval of convergence for the given series, we can use the ratio test. The ratio test is a test for determining the convergence of a series by comparing the absolute values of successive terms.
Let's apply the ratio test to the given series:
First, take the absolute value of the terms to simplify the calculations:
|(-1)^(n-1) n(x-1)^n / (n^2+1)2^n| = |n(x-1)^n / (n^2+1)2^n|
Next, let's take the ratio of the (n+1)th term to the nth term:
|r((n+1)^2+1)2^(n+1) / n^2+1)2^n|
Simplifying the ratio, we get:
|r(n^2 + 2n + 1 + 2) / (n^2+1)2|
|r(n^2 + 2n + 3) / (n^2+1)2|
Now, we need to take the limit of the ratio as n approaches infinity. If the limit is less than 1, the series converges. If the limit is greater than 1, the series diverges. If the limit is equal to 1, the test is inconclusive.
Let's calculate the limit:
lim(n->∞) |r(n^2 + 2n + 3) / (n^2+1)2|
Since we are only interested in the limit, we can ignore the absolute value signs for now.
lim(n->∞) |r(n^2 + 2n + 3) / (n^2+1)2|
To evaluate this limit, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator by n^2:
lim(n->∞) |r(1 + 2/n + 3/n^2) / (1 + 1/n^2)2|
Simplifying further:
lim(n->∞) |r(1 + 2/n + 3/n^2) / (1/n^2 + 1)2|
As n approaches infinity, the terms with 1/n^2 and 1/n become negligible compared to the constant term 1. Thus, we can simplify the expression to:
|r(1 + 0 + 0) / (0 + 1)2|
|r / 1|
|r|
For the series to converge, the absolute value of r must be less than 1. Thus, the series converges if |r| < 1.
Therefore, the radius of convergence is 1 and the interval of convergence is (-1, 1).