MAT2110 Tutorial Sheet 5
MAT2110 Tutorial Sheet 5
2. (a) In each of the following, write a formula for the nth term an of the se-
quence and determine its limit (if it exists), where n is a natural number.
i. 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, . . .
1 2 3 4
ii. 2, 3, 4, 5, . . .
2 3 2 4 3 5 4 6 5
iii. 1, (2) , (3) , (4) , (5) , . . .
iv. 0.9, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999, . . .
2 4 6 8 10
v. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , · · ·
1 2 6 120
vi. 1 , 4 , 27 , 3125 , · · ·
(b) In each of the following determine whether the sequence whose nth term
an is given converges or diverges.
i. an = n34n+5 .
√−2n+3 √
ii. an = n + 1 − n.
iii. an = enn .
iv. an = ln(n + 1) − ln n.
n
v. an = 3n2−5 .
n
−1)
3. (a) i. Let Sn = a + ar + · · · + arn−1 , with r 6= 1. Show that Sn = a(rr−1 .
P∞ a
ii. Show that the infinite geometric series n=0 arn = 1−r if |r| < 1 and
diverges if |r| ≥ 1.
(b) Evaluate
i. 1 + 32 + 94 + 27
8 + ···
1 1
ii. 4 − 1 + 4 − 16 + ···
P∞ −n
iii. n=0 e .
4. (a) i. State the integral test.
ii. Determine whether ∞ 1
P
n=2 n(ln n)2 converges.
(b) i. State the Limit Comparison test.
ii. Determine whether ∞ √ 1
P
n=1 n3 +3 converges.
1
P
(c) i. State the ratio test for a series an .
P∞ n2
ii. Determine whether n=1 en converges.
iii. Determine whether 1 − 23 + 332 − 34n + · · · converges.
iv. Determine whether ∞ n3
P
n=1 3)n converges.
P∞ (ln n
v. Determine whether n=1 nn! converges.
(d) i. State the root test.
ii. Test ∞ 1
P
n=2 (ln n)n for convergence.
(a) ∞ n+1 2n
(d) 412 + 712 + 1012 + 1312 + · · ·
P
n=1 (−1) n!
3 n
(b) ∞
P
n=1 n 4 (e) 23 + 10
5 7
+ 30 9
+ 68 + ···
P∞ n
(c) n=1 (n+1)(n+2)(n+3)
6. (a) Find the Maclaurin polynomial of degree n for each of the following
functions.
7. (a) In each of the following, use Taylor’s Theorem to find an upper bound
for the error of the approximation. Then calculate the exact value of the
error.
(0.3)2 (0.3)4 (0.4)3
i. cos(0.3) ≈ 1 − 2! + 4! iii. sin−1 (0.4) ≈ 0.4 + 2×3
3
12 13 14 15
ii. e ≈ 1 + 1 + 2! + 3! + 4! + 5! iv. tan−1 (0.4) ≈ 0.4 − (0.4)
3
i. ∞ (x−2)n
P n n
ii. ∞
P∞ n (x−π)
n=0 nx
P
n=1 n 3 iii. n=0 (−1) (2n)!
2
P∞ n P∞ n (4x)n P∞
n x ii. P∞ x2n
i. n=0 (−1) n+1 n=0 (4x) iii. n=1 n2 iv. n=0 (2n)!
i. ∞ x n
P∞
(2n)!( x3 )n n+1
P P∞
n=0 ( 4 ) iii. n=0 v. (−1)n+1 (x−1)
n=0 n+1
ii. ∞ n xn
iv. ∞ n+1 xn
P P
n=0 (−1) n n=0 (−1) 4n
(b) Find a power series for the function, centered at c, and determine the
interval of convergence.
1 4x
i. f (x) = 3−x , c=1 v. g(x) = x2 +2x−3 , c=0
1
ii. g(x) = 1−3x , c=0 4
5 vi. f (x) = 3x+2 , c=3
iii. f (x) = 2x−3 , c = −3
2 −2
iv. f (x) = 2x+3 , c=0 vii. h(x) = x2 −1 , c=0