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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Power series convergence

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

I is clearly wrong - recall the fact that harmonic series diverges but the alternating harmonic series converges

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

that eliminates first and third options

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ok

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

II is trivially true because -2 lies in the interval |x|<3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

But, I thohught we only test abs(x)<1

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

the power series converges for x=3, and it is centered at 0, so the interval of convergence includes (-3, 3]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

III looks wrong since \[\Large -1<x <1\] \[\Large -3<x<-1\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

III is also correct actually, shifting the center wil have no effect on radius of convergence

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

|x-2|<1 gives you 1<x<3

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, how come I can't do what I did up there -1<x<1 -3<x-2<-1 (I forgot the x-2) Aren't I taking 2 from both sides?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats an interesting question @doulikepiecauseidont

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

I'll try and answer this after sometime, need to think a bit... @dan815 @Kainui @TuringTest

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