Some series

A series formula is said to converge if formula has a finite limit as formula.

Exercises

  1. Use Octave to make a conjecture about the convergence of

    formula
    as formula .
  2. Use Octave to make a conjecture about the convergence of

    formula
    as formula .
    1. Rewrite the series
      formula
      using a Σ
    2. Use Octave to make a conjecture about the convergence of this series as formula
  3. Iterate to find the sum of the first 50 terms of

    formula
    then multiply the result with 4. What happens when you iterate 500 times? 5000 times? 50000 times?

further info:

Harmonic series
Madhava-Leibniz series

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