Strategy for Testing Series Stewart Calculus（测试策略系列斯图尔特微积分）.pdfVIP

Strategy for Testing Series We now have several ways of testing a series for convergence or divergence; the problem is to decide which test to use on which series. In this respect testing series is similar to inte- grating functions. Again there are no hard and fast rules about which test to apply to a given series, but you may find the following advice of some use. It is not wise to apply a list of the tests in a specific order until one finally works. That would be a waste of time and effort. Instead, as with integration, the main strategy is to classify the series according to its form. p 1. If the series is of the form 1n , it is a p -series, which we know to be conver- gent if p 1 and divergent if p 1 . n 1 n 2. If the series has the form ar or ar , it is a geometric series, which con- verges if r 1 and diverges if r 1 . Some preliminary algebraic manipula- tion may be required to bring the series into this form. 3. If the series has a form that is similar to a p -series or a geometric series, then one of the comparison tests should be considered. In particular, if an is a rational function or algebraic function of n (involving roots of polynomials), then the series should be c