SOLUTION: True or False. If a sequence is convergent, then the series is convergent. If true, explain why. If false, explain why or provide a counterexample.

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If a sequence is convergent, then the series is convergent. If true, explain why. If false, explain why or provide a counterexample.

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Answer by ikleyn(52788)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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True or False.
If a sequence is convergent, then the series is convergent. If true, explain why. If false, explain why or provide a counterexample.
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    In mathematics, a series is, informally speaking, the sum of the terms of an infinite sequence.  
    (Wikipedia, this article.)


False.


Classic counter-example is the harmonic sequence

, , , . . . , , . . . 

The sequence is converged (to zero), but the series is divergent.


Answer by rothauserc(4718)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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