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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ia Paper 1 3F Solution by
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The series converges to when its partial sums have limit of a sequence : for every , there is such that for all .
Its averages are the Cesàro means of the sequence of partial sums. To prove their convergence, choose with for . ThenThe finite first sum divided by tends to zero. This proves the Cesàro theorem for convergent sequences in this setting, andThe converse fails. Take , so for odd and for even . The partial sums do not converge, butThus the alternating series is Cesàro summable without having an ordinary sum.
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