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MAM101 Problemset SeriesSequences

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Exercise: SEQUENCES and SERIES

Before: 09/10/2020

1. Show that
12
X
(2r + 7 + 2r ) = 8430.
r=1

Detailed workings must be shown in this question.

Solution:

2. Three numbers A, B, C in that order are in geometric progression with common ratio
r. Given further that A, 2B, C in that order are in arithmetic progression, determine the
possible values of r.

Solution:

3. Each of the terms of an arithmetic series is added to the corresponding terms of a geometric
series, forming a new series with first term 83 and second term 1316
.
The common difference of the arithmetic series is four times as large as the first term of
the geometric series. The common ratio of the geometric series is twice as large as the
first term of the arithmetic series. Determine the possible values of the first term of the
geometric series.
Solution:

4. Solve the following equation:


2
x − 2x2 + x3 − 2x4 + x5 − 2x6 + · · · = − .
5
You may assume that the left hand side of the equation converges.
Solution:

5. It is given that
v
n u n n
1 X u1 X
2
1  X 2
xr = 2 and t (xr ) − 2 xr = 3.
n r=1 n r=1 n r=1

Determine, in terms of n, the value of


n
X
(xr + 1)2 .
r=1
Solution:
Solution:

6. Investigate the convergence or divergence of the following series justifying every step in
the workings.
P∞ (n+1)2
(a) n=1 n3
.
P∞ 1
(b) r=1 2r+2r .

Solution:

7. By using the comparison test and justifying every step in the workings, determine the
convergence or divergence of the following series.
P∞  sin2 n 
(a) n=1 n(n+1) .
P∞  2n 
(b) n=1 3n2 −4
Solution:

8. By justifying every step in the workings, determine the convergence or divergence of the
following series.
∞ √ √
X n+1− n
√
3
n=1 n2
Solution:

9. Consider the infinite series


2 2×2 2×2×2 2×2×2×2
x − (2x2 ) + (3x3 ) − (4x4 ) + (5x5 ) − · · ·
3 3×5 3×5×7 3×5×7×9
Write the above series in Sigma notation, in its simplest form. [You are not required to
investigate its convergence or to sum it.]
Solution:

10. The following convergent series S is given below


1 1 1
S = sin θ − sin 2θ + sin 3θ − sin 4θ · · ·
3 9 27
By considering the sum to infinity of a suitable geometric series involving the complex
exponential function, show that
sin θ
S=
10 + 6 cos θ
Solution:

11. Show clearly that


∞
X 4n − 3
= e + 3.
n=1
n!

Solution:

12.
f (x) = (1 − x)2 ln(1 − x), −1 ≤ x ≤ 1.
Find the Maclaurin expansion of f (x) up and including the term in x3 .
Solution:

13. Find the Maclaurin⣙s expansion of


r 1 + 2x 
3
ln ,
1 − 2x

up and including the term in x3 .


Solution:

14.
1
y = √ ,x > 0
x
(a) Find the first four terms in the Taylor expansion of y about x = 1.
8
(b) Use the first three terms of the expansion found in part (a), with x = to show that
√ 229
9
2 ≈ 162
Solution:

15. A curve has equation y = f (x) which satisfies the differential equation

dy
= x2 − y 2 ,
dx
subject to the condition x = 0, y = 2. Determine the first 4 terms in the infinite series
expansion of y = f (x) in ascending powers of x.

Solution:

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