Calculus Problem by LOGA 5

Calculus Level 3

Let a n = k = 1 n 1 k \displaystyle a_n=\sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{1}{k} and f ( x ) = n = 1 a n x n \displaystyle f(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_nx^n . What is the interval of convergence of the power series f ( x ) f(x) ?

( 1 , 1 ) (-1,~1) x = 0 x=0 [ 1 , 1 ] [-1,~1] [ 1 , 1 ) [-1,~1) ( 1 , 1 ] (-1,~1] R \mathbb{R}

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2 solutions

Mark Hennings
Nov 17, 2020

Since a n + 1 a n = 1 + 1 n a n \frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n} \; = \; 1 + \frac{1}{na_n} we see that a n + 1 a n 1 = 1 n a n n 1 \left| \frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n} - 1\right| \; = \; \frac{1}{na_n} \; \le \; n^{-1} and hence lim n a n + 1 a n = 1 \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n} \; = \; 1 Thus we deduce that the radius of convergence of this power series is 1 1 . Since a n a_n \to \infty as n n \to \infty , neither n 0 a n \sum_{n \ge 0}a_n nor n 0 ( 1 ) n a n \sum_{n\ge 0}(-1)^na_n converge. and so this power series converges for real 1 < x < 1 -1 < x < 1 .

Gareth Ma
Dec 15, 2020

f ( x ) = 1 ( x + x 2 + x 3 + ) + 1 2 ( x 2 + x 3 + x 4 + ) + 1 3 ( x 3 + x 4 + x 5 + ) + = ( x + x 2 2 + x 3 3 + x 4 4 + ) ( 1 + x + x 2 + x 3 + ) = log ( 1 x ) 1 1 x f(x)=1(x+x^2+x^3+\cdots) + \frac{1}{2}(x^2+x^3+x^4+\cdots) + \frac{1}{3}(x^3+x^4+x^5+\cdots)+\cdots\\=(x+\frac{x^2}{2}+\frac{x^3}{3}+\frac{x^4}{4}+\cdots)(1+x+x^2+x^3+\cdots)\\=-\log(1-x)\cdot \frac{1}{1-x} where both the convergence ranges are $(-1,1)$

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