SOLUTION: Determine whether the series converge or diverge using Leibnitz test the nth term as n tends to infinity = (-1)^n-1 / n^2

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Question 1139751: Determine whether the series converge or diverge using Leibnitz test
the nth term as n tends to infinity = (-1)^n-1 / n^2
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converges by Leibniz’s test
Indeed, the sign pattern is + − + − + . . . and, as n+-%3E+infinity, the term 1%2Fn%5E2 monotonically decreases to 0