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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2023 Prelims Mathematics II 2 a Solution by
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The comparison test says that if eventually and converges, then converges. Indeed, the partial sums of the nonnegative terms are increasing, and are bounded above by a fixed initial contribution plus the sum of the comparison series. The bounded monotone sequence theorem proves their convergence. Finite initial terms do not affect convergence. Applying this result to also proves absolute convergence whenever eventually with .
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