Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Sequences and Infinite Series - 8.3 Infinite Series - 8.3 Exercises - Page 623: 62

Answer

The infinite series diverges to infinity.

Work Step by Step

Let us consider an infinite series $\Sigma_{n=k}^{n=\infty} a_n$. This series will converge to the sum $S$ when the sequence of its partial sums $\{S_n\}$ converge to $S$. That is, $S=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} S_n$ and $S=\Sigma_{n=k}^{n=\infty} a_n$. This series will diverge when the limit does not exist and the series will diverge to infinity when the limit is infinite. Here, we have $S_n=\Sigma_{k=1}^{\infty} (\sqrt {k+1}-\sqrt k)$ or, $=(\sqrt {2}-\sqrt 1)+(\sqrt {3}-\sqrt 2)+(\sqrt {4}-\sqrt 3)+........(\sqrt {n}-\sqrt {n-1})+(\sqrt {n+1}-\sqrt n)$ or, $=\sqrt {n+1}-1$ Now, $S=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} S_n=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \sqrt {n+1}-1=\infty$ This implies that the infinite series diverges to infinity.
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