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EXAMPLE 1Using the Test for Divergence

  1. (a) k=187 diverges, since lim.
  2. (b) \sum\limits_{k\,=\,1}^{\infty }k diverges, since \lim\limits_{n\,\rightarrow \,\infty }n=\infty \neq 0.
  3. (c) \sum\limits_{k\,=\,1}^{\infty }(-1)^{k} diverges, since \lim\limits_{n\,\rightarrow \,\infty }\,(-1)^{n} does not exist.
  4. (d) \sum\limits_{k\,=\,1}^{\infty }2^{k} diverges, since \lim\limits_{n\,\rightarrow \,\infty }\,2^{n}=\infty \neq 0.