Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Questions to Guide Your Review - Page 635: 11

Answer

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Work Step by Step

See text: "Adding or Deleting Terms" in section 2, following Th.8. The convergence or divergence of a series is determined by the "tail-end" of the sequence of partial sums, not the first few. Adding or deleting a finite number of terms does not change whether the series is convergent or not. A divergent series will remain divergent. A convergent series will remain convergent, but since we have extra terms or have thrown out some terms of the sum, the actual sum will change.
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