University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.4 - Comparison Tests - Exercises - Page 509: 46

Answer

Diverges

Work Step by Step

Consider $a_n= \tan (\dfrac{1}{n})$ and $b_n=\dfrac{1}{ n}$ Now, $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\dfrac{a_n}{b_n} =\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}\dfrac{ \tan (\dfrac{1}{n})}{\dfrac{1}{ n}}$ Thus, we have to apply L-Hospital's rule. Then $ =\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{\sec^2 (1/n)}{1}$ or, $ \sec (0)=1 \ne 0 \ne \infty $ Here, $\Sigma_{n=1}^\infty \dfrac{1}{n}$ is a divergent series due to the p-series test with $p \leq 1$ Thus the series diverges by the limit comparison test.
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