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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ia Paper 1 11D b Solution by
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Rationalize the numerator of the summand:For every we have , and thereforeThe harmonic series diverges, so the comparison test for series makes the given positive-term series diverge as well:For completeness, divergence of the harmonic series follows by grouping the terms with : each such block contributes at least . The same rationalization also shows that times the summand tends to . The summands tend to zero, but their harmonic-size tail prevents convergence.
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