Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/ia/paper-1/11e/solution

The comparison test for series states that if eventually and converges, then converges. The partial sums of are increasing and bounded above by a constant plus the bounded partial sums of , so the monotone bounded sequence theorem applies.
If converges, then proves convergence of . Also , so eventually and , proving convergence of . The converse for the square series is false: has convergent square series but divergent original series. The converse for the fraction series is true because .
If is positive and decreasing and converges, put . Then
so . The converse fails for for : it is decreasing and , but the integral test for convergence shows that its series diverges.
Even convergence of need not imply . Choose integers and set for . This is decreasing, and the th block contributes at most , so the series converges. At , however, .

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