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posted by  sunil on 7/16/2007 11:30:00 PM  |  status: Live  

p series

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Calculus Calculus: Early Transcendentals (5th) by Stewart 11.7 3E
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if you use the p series test, you get that p is greater than1,  therefore making the solution convergent, is this a correct conclusion? 
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posted by amartin19 on 7/16/2007 11:54:34 PM  |  status: Live
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"thanks for your help, sorry for not submitting actual question"
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   Yes, the p-series is the summation of 1/n^p ( for n from 1 to infinity) and is convergent when p>1 and divergent when p<= 1
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posted by Thinker on 7/16/2007 11:55:43 PM  |  status: Live
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"appreciate it greatly, sorry for not submitting more info, thanks again"
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but you have to make sure you are dealing with a p-series . since i don't have the book
i couldn't verify if it is indeed a p-series. but based on your information your conclusion is correct. 


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