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Home » Sequences and Series

(Sequences and Series) Unlocked
Tips, Tricks & Tutorials

Elevate your understanding of Sequences and Series—Master the art of convergence and divergence—Amplify your calculus skills

Sequences

1 hr 39 min 15 Examples

  • Introduction to Sequences
  • Write the first five terms of the sequence (Examples #1-3)
  • Convergence: Limit of a Sequence Theorem
  • Determine if the sequence converges by finding the limit of the sequence (Examples #4-6)
  • Factorial notation and simplifying factorial expressions with examples
  • Properties of limits of sequences
  • Determine the convergence of the sequence (Examples #7-10)
  • Understanding monotonic sequences (Examples #11-12)
  • Understanding bounded sequences
  • Monotonic Sequence Theorem for convergence (Examples #13-15)

Series

26 min 5 Examples

  • Introduction to series and summation notation
  • Summation properties
  • Evaluate the finite series (Examples #1-3)
  • Find the sum (Examples #4-5)
  • Three important questions about convergence of an infinite series

Nth Term Test

34 min 11 Examples

  • Overview of the nth term test (divergence test)
  • Determine if the series diverges using the nth term test (Examples #1-3)
  • Apply the nth term test to determine divergence (Examples #4-8)
  • Apply the divergence test to the infinite series (Examples #9-11)

P-Series Test

29 min 9 Examples

  • Overview of the p-series test
  • Determine convergence using the p-series test (Examples #1-3)
  • Use the p-series test to determine convergence (Examples #4-6)
  • Apply the p-series test to find convergence or divergence (Examples #7-9)

Geometric Series

1 hr 3 min 9 Examples

  • Overview of the geometric series
  • Determine convergence; if convergent, find the sum (Example #1)
  • Find the sum of the convergent geometric series (Examples #2-5)
  • Determine if the series converges and find what it converges to (Examples #6-9)

Direct and Limit Comparison Tests

1 hr 42 min 12 Examples

  • Overview of the direct comparison test
  • Steps for using direct comparison
  • Use direct comparison to determine whether the infinite series converges (Examples #1-2)
  • Apply direct comparison to determine convergence (Examples #3-6)
  • Overview of the limit comparison test
  • Use both direct comparison and limit comparison to determine convergence (example)
  • Use limit comparison to determine convergence (Examples #7-10)
  • Apply limit comparison to determine convergence or divergence (Examples #11-12)

Integral Test

1 hr 10 min 6 Examples

  • Overview of the integral test
  • Apply the integral test to determine convergence (Example #1)
  • Use the integral test to determine convergence or divergence (Examples #2-3)
  • Use integration by parts and inverse trig integration to determine convergence (Examples #4-5)
  • Use partial fractions and integration to determine convergence (Example #6)

Telescoping Series

50 min 6 Examples

  • Overview of the telescoping series
  • Use the telescoping series to find the sum of the series (Example #1)
  • What is the sum of the convergent telescoping series? (Examples #2-3)
  • If possible, find the sum of the infinite series (Examples #4-5)
  • Determine the sum of the series using telescoping (Example #6)

Alternating Series Test

1 hr 2 min 11 Examples

  • Overview of the alternating series
  • Test for convergence using the alternating series test (Examples #1-2)
  • Determine if the alternating series converges (Examples #3-6)
  • Test for convergence by applying the alternating series test (Examples #7-8)
  • Absolute convergence and conditional convergence for the alternating series
  • Classify absolute or conditional convergence for the alternating series (Examples #9-11)

Ratio Test

1 hr 22 min 10 Examples

  • Understanding the ratio test
  • Use the ratio test to determine convergence or divergence (Examples #1-2)
  • Determine convergence or divergence using the ratio test (Examples #3-5)
  • Determine if the infinite series converges absolutely using the ratio test (Examples #6-8)
  • Apply the ratio test and L’Hôpital’s rule to show absolute convergence (Example #9)
  • When the ratio test is inconclusive (Example #10)

Root Test

41 min 7 Examples

  • Overview of the root test
  • Determine convergence or divergence using the root test (Examples #1-2)
  • Use the root test to determine if the infinite series converges (Examples #3-4)
  • Use the root test and the definition of e to determine if the series converges (Example #5)
  • Determine if the infinite series converges using the root test (Example #6)
  • Decide between the ratio test and the root test to determine convergence (Example #7)

Sequences and Series Review

1 hr 4 min 14 Examples

  • Which of the following sequences converge? (Example #1)
  • Find the formula for the nth term of the sequence (Example #2)
  • Determine convergence for the infinite series (Examples #3-6)
  • Does the infinite series converge? (Examples #7-9)
  • Find the sum of the infinite series (Example #10)
  • Which of the following series converge? (Examples #11-12)
  • Find the sum of the series (Example #13)
  • For what value of k will both series converge? (Example #14)

Radius and Interval of Convergence

2 hr 9 Examples

  • Understanding power series
  • Overview of radius and interval of convergence
  • Determine the radius and interval of convergence (Example #1)
  • Find the radius and interval of convergence for the power series (Example #2)
  • Determine the radius and interval of convergence (Examples #3-4)
  • For the given power series, find the radius of convergence (Examples #5-6)
  • Find the convergence set for the power series (Example #7)
  • Find the interval of convergence for the power series (Example #8)
  • For the given power series, find the convergence set (Example #9)

Power Series

1 hr 10 min 9 Examples

  • Basic form of a power series and power series representation
  • Find the power series representation (Examples #1-4)
  • Determine the power series representation for the function (Examples #5-7)
  • Use partial fractions to find the power series representation (Example #8)
  • Find the power series representation using partial fractions (Example #9)

Power Series Representation

1 hr 29 min 8 Examples

  • Power series representation: differentiation and integration
  • Find the power series by differentiating (Example #1)
  • Use differentiation to find the power series (Example #2)
  • Find the power series representation by using differentiation (Example #3)
  • Find the power series by differentiating (Example #4)
  • Find the power series by integrating (Example #5)
  • Use integration to find the power series (Example #6)
  • Find the power series representation by using integration (Example #7)
  • Find the power series by integrating two functions (Example #8)

Taylor Series

2 hr 22 min 17 Examples

  • What is a Taylor series? Taylor polynomial? Key observations
  • Find the Taylor polynomial and series centered at a (Examples #1-2)
  • Find the Taylor polynomial centered at a (Examples #3-4)
  • Find a degree three Taylor polynomial for √x (Example #5)
  • Six basic Maclaurin series expansion formulas
  • Use the Maclaurin expansion to find the first five terms and the general term (Examples #6-7)
  • Find the first five terms and the general term using the Maclaurin expansion formulas (Examples #8-9)
  • Find the first five terms and the general term of the series (Example #10)
  • Determine the first five nonzero terms using the Maclaurin expansions (Example #11)
  • Use series to evaluate the limit (Examples #12-13)
  • Use series to evaluate the limit (Example #14)
  • Use series to approximate the definite integral to the indicated accuracy (Example #15)
  • Approximate the definite integral using ten partial sums and round to the thousandths place (Example #16)
  • Use series to approximate the integral accurate to four decimal places (Example #17)

Binomial Series

34 min 3 Examples

  • Overview of the binomial theorem and the binomial series
  • Using the binomial series instead of the binomial theorem
  • Example #1: Write the first four terms of the binomial series
  • Example #2: Write the first four terms of the binomial series
  • Example #3: Write the first four terms of the binomial series

Alternating Series Error Bound

1 hr 2 min 7 Examples

  • Overview of the alternating series remainder theorem
  • Approximate the sum of the alternating series by its first six terms (Example #1)
  • Use the alternating series estimation theorem to find the error using the 10th partial sum (Example #2)
  • What is the error of the alternating series approximated by 15 terms? (Example #3)
  • How many terms of the alternating series are needed to find the sum to the indicated accuracy? (Example #4)
  • Find the number of terms of the alternating series needed to find the sum to the indicated accuracy (Example #5)
  • Approximate the sum of the alternating series accurate to four decimal places (Example #6)
  • Approximate the sum of the alternating series accurate to six decimal places (Example #7)

Lagrange Error Bound

2 hr 12 min 13 Examples

  • What is error? Review of how to find alternating series error
  • Overview of Taylor series remainder theorem, Taylor’s inequality, and Lagrange error bound
  • Find the error bound for the function (Example #1)
  • Find the upper bound for the error of the 5th degree polynomial of e (Example #2)
  • Use the sixth order polynomial to approximate cos(2) and find the error bound (Example #3)
  • What is the smallest value of k for the Lagrange error bound? (Examples #4-5)
  • Approximate the function using the Taylor polynomial and estimate the error (Example #6)
  • Find the error in estimating the function (Example #7)
  • What is the error bound for the Taylor polynomial? (Example #8)
  • Use the Lagrange error bound to show the approximation is accurate (Example #9)
  • Estimate the error (Example #10)
  • What is the error bound for the alternating series? (Example #11)
  • Given the graph, find the Taylor polynomial, approximate, and show the error is accurate (Example #12a-c)
  • Write a third degree Taylor polynomial for the function (Example #13a)
  • Use integration to find the fourth degree polynomial (Example #13b)
  • Find the radius of convergence for the function (Example #13c)
  • Find the error using the sixth degree Taylor polynomial (Example #13d)

Chapter Test

3 hr 8 min 39 Examples

  • 39 challenging practice problems
  • Great for checking your knowledge
  • Perfect for preparing for an in-class assessment
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