Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2009/ia/paper-1/9f/b/solution

Let . For , the absolute summand is at most , so a geometric series comparison proves absolute convergence. For , the series is : its positive term sizes decrease to zero, so the alternating series test proves convergence. Its absolute series is a divergent p-series with exponent . Hence
It converges for every real and never diverges.

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