Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems 9th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-47038-334-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47038-334-6

Chapter 5 - Series Solutions of Second Order Linear Equations - 5.1 Review of Power Series - Problems - Page 249: 7

Answer

$\rho =3$

Work Step by Step

$\sum_{\infty }^{n=1}(\frac{(-1)^nn^2(x+2)^n}{3^n})$ $\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\rightarrow \;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\; \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \left | \frac{(-1)^{(n+1)}(n+1)^2(x+2)^{(n+1)}}{3^{(n+1)}}\;.\;\frac{3^n}{(-1)^nn^2(x+2)^n} \right | = |\frac{1}{3}(x+2)| \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \left | \frac{-(n+1)^2}{n^2} \right | = \frac{1}{3}|x+2|$ $\frac{1}{3}|x+2|<1\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;$ $\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\;|x+2|< 3$ $\rho =3$
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