Chapter 7: Q. 32 (page 631)

Use any convergence test from this section or the previous section to determine whether the series in Exercises 31–48 converge or diverge. Explain how the series meets the hypotheses of the test you select.
$\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} k^{- 4 / 3}$

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The series $\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} k^{- 4 / 3}$ is Convergent.

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Step 1. Given information

We are given,

$\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} k^{- 4 / 3}$

Step 2. Checking the Convergence and Divergence

The terms of the series $\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{4 / 3}}$ are positive.

The series $\sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} b_{i}$ for the series $\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{4 / 3}}$ is given by:

role="math" localid="1649243466348" $\sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} b_{k} = \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{4 / 3}}$ (Dominant term of numerator and denominator)

The ratio $\lim_{k \to \infty} \frac{a_{k}}{b_{k}}$ is given by:

$\lim_{k \to \infty} \frac{a_{k}}{b_{k}} = \lim_{k \to \infty} \frac{\frac{1}{k^{4 / 3}}}{\frac{1}{k^{4 / 2}}} (Substitution) = \lim_{k \to \infty} 1 = 1$

Step 3. Checking the Convergence and Divergence

The value of $\lim_{k \to \infty} \frac{a_{k}}{b_{k}} = 1$ ; which is non-zero finite number.

The series $\sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} b_{k} = \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{4 / 3}}$ is convergent by p-series test.

Therefore, the series $\sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} a_{k}$ is also convergent.

Hence, the series $\sum_{k = 1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{4 / 3}}$ is convergent

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Use any convergence test from this section or the previous section to determine whether the series in Exercises 31–48 converge or diverge. Explain how the series meets the hypotheses of the test you select.
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Step 3. Checking the Convergence and Divergence

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