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MATH 4630‑01 Homework Assignment #3
DUE: Friday, Mar 6, 11:59p Sections 2.7, 3.2
Instructions: Show all work clearly and justify each conclusion. Collaboration is encouraged, but write up your solutions individually in your own words.
For any prove/disprove problem: either give a proof, or give a specific counterexample (with a brief explanation of why it works).
  1. Decide whether each series converges or diverges.
    1. $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2^n+n}$
    2. $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{\sin(n)}{n^2}$
    3. $1 - \frac{3}{4} + \frac{4}{6} - \frac{5}{8} + \frac{6}{10} - \cdots$
    4. $1 + \frac{1}{2} - \frac{1}{3} + \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{5} - \frac{1}{6} + \cdots$
    5. $1 - \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{3} - \frac{1}{4^2} + \frac{1}{5} - \cdots$
  2. Give an example of each or explain why the request is impossible.
    1. Two series $\sum x_n$ and $\sum y_n$ that both diverge but where $\sum x_n y_n$ converges.
    2. A convergent series $\sum x_n$ and a bounded sequence $(y_n)$ such that $\sum x_n y_n$ diverges.
    3. Sequences $(x_n)$ and $(y_n)$ where $\sum x_n$ and $\sum(x_n + y_n)$ both converge but $\sum y_n$ diverges.
    4. A sequence $(x_n)$ with $0 \leq x_n \leq 1/n$ where $\sum(-1)^n x_n$ diverges.
  3. Definition: A series $\sum a_n$ converges conditionally if $\sum a_n$ converges but $\sum |a_n|$ diverges.

    Prove or give a counterexample:

    1. If $\sum a_n$ converges absolutely, then $\sum a_n^2$ also converges absolutely.
    2. If $\sum a_n$ converges and $(b_n)$ converges, then $\sum a_n b_n$ converges.
    3. If $\sum a_n$ converges conditionally, then $\sum n^2 a_n$ diverges.
  4. True or false? Provide counterexamples or proofs.
    1. An open set containing every rational number must be all of $\mathbb{R}$.
    2. Every nonempty open set contains a rational number.
    3. Every bounded infinite closed set contains a rational number.
  5. Assume $A$ is open and $B$ is closed. Determine if each set is definitely open, definitely closed, both, or neither.
    1. $\overline{A \cup B}$
    2. $A \setminus B$
    3. $(A^c \cup B)^c$
    4. $(A \cap B) \cup (A^c \cap B)$
    5. $\overline{A}^c \cap \overline{A^c}$
    1. Prove that $\overline{A \cup B} = \overline{A} \cup \overline{B}$.
    2. Does this extend to infinite unions?

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