Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 8 - Sequences and Infinite Series - 8.3 Infinite Series - 8.3 Exercises - Page 624: 63

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{p+1}$

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 $S_n=\Sigma_{k=1}^{n} (\dfrac{1}{k+p}-\dfrac{1}{k+p+1})$ or, $= (\dfrac{1}{p+1}-\dfrac{1}{p+2})+ (\dfrac{1}{p+2}-\dfrac{1}{p+3})+.......+ (\dfrac{1}{n+p}-\dfrac{1}{n+p+1})$ or, $= \dfrac{1}{p+1}-\dfrac{1}{n+p+1}$ Now, $S=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} S_n=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{1}{p+1}-\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{1}{n+p+1}=\dfrac{1}{p+1}-0$ or, $S=\dfrac{1}{p+1}$
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