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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2011 ia Paper 1 9F a Solution by
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For a positive-term series, the ratio test says that if , the series converges; if the ratio tends to , including positive infinity, it diverges. More generally suffices for convergence and for divergence. A limiting ratio of one gives no conclusion.
The P-series converges and the harmonic series diverges. Both have strictly decreasing positive terms, and their successive ratios, and , tend to one. These supply the two requested possibilities.
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