Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2008 / ia / Paper 1 / 12E / i

For $z\ne 0$, the ratio of successive absolute terms isThe ratio test therefore gives absolute convergence for $|z|<1$ and divergence for $|z|>1$, while at zero the series is trivially convergent. Hence $R=1$. On the boundary, $|z^n/n^2|=1/n^2$, and the convergent p-series proves