Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Infinite Sequences and Series - 11.8 Power Series - 11.8 Exercises - Page 791: 22

Answer

$R=\frac{1}{b}$ ; interval of convergence is $[a-\frac{1}{b},a+\frac{1}{b})$

Work Step by Step

Let $a_{n}=\frac{b^{n}}{ln(n)}(x-a)^{n}$, then $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_{n}}|=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\dfrac{\frac{b^{n+1}}{ln(n+1)}(x-a)^{n+1}}{\frac{b^{n}}{ln(n)}(x-a)^{n}}|$ $=|(x-a)b|$ $=|(x-a)b|lt 1$ $a-\frac{1}{b}\lt x\lt a+\frac{1}{b}$ Hence, $R=\frac{1}{b}$ ; interval of convergence is $[a-\frac{1}{b},a+\frac{1}{b})$
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