Let a n = k = 1 ∑ n k 1 and f ( x ) = n = 1 ∑ ∞ a n x n . What is the interval of convergence of the power series f ( x ) ?
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f ( x ) = 1 ( x + x 2 + x 3 + ⋯ ) + 2 1 ( x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + ⋯ ) + 3 1 ( x 3 + x 4 + x 5 + ⋯ ) + ⋯ = ( x + 2 x 2 + 3 x 3 + 4 x 4 + ⋯ ) ( 1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + ⋯ ) = − lo g ( 1 − x ) ⋅ 1 − x 1 where both the convergence ranges are $(-1,1)$
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Since a n a n + 1 = 1 + n a n 1 we see that ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ a n a n + 1 − 1 ∣ ∣ ∣ ∣ = n a n 1 ≤ n − 1 and hence n → ∞ lim a n a n + 1 = 1 Thus we deduce that the radius of convergence of this power series is 1 . Since a n → ∞ as n → ∞ , neither ∑ n ≥ 0 a n nor ∑ n ≥ 0 ( − 1 ) n a n converge. and so this power series converges for real − 1 < x < 1 .