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Shifted integral representation of a p-series tail
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the year 1 of the natural sciences course of the University of Cambridge
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2004
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Paper 2
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10
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b
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i
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The
shifted integral representation of a p-series tail
evaluates the defining
integral
as
I
p
(
k
)
=
(
p
−
1
)
(
5
−
k
)
p
−
1
1
,
k
<
5.
(1)
It is strictly increasing in
k
, since
I
p
′
(
k
)
=
(
5
−
k
)
−
p
>
0
. From the bounds just proved with
a
=
5
,
I
3
(
0
)
<
∑
n
=
5
∞
n
−
3
<
I
3
(
1
)
. Since the middle expression equals
I
3
(
k
3
)
, monotonicity proves
0
<
k
3
<
1.
(2)
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