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Mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
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There is an indexing defect in the original
PDF
: the term at
n
=
1
is undefined because
ln
1
=
0
. Thus the
series
as
literally indexed is not defined. The natural finite-index repair is to start at
n
=
2
, and that repaired
series
still
diverges
.
Indeed, for
n
≥
2
the terms are positive and
u
n
u
n
+
1
=
2
(
n
+
1
)
l
n
(
n
+
1
)
n
l
n
n
⟶
2
>
1.
(1)
They eventually increase at
a
geometric rate and do not tend to zero. Since the
terms of a convergent series tend to zero
, no
choice
of
a
finite replacement for the missing
first
term could make the tail converge.
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