Numerical Series

  1. For each of the following series, decide if it converges or diverges, and if it converges compute its value. \[ \frac{2}{3} + \frac{4}{9} + \frac{8}{27} + \frac{16}{81} + \dotsb \qquad\qquad -\frac{2}{3} + \frac{4}{9} - \frac{8}{27} + \frac{16}{81} - \dotsb \] \[ \frac{2}{3} - \frac{4}{9} + \frac{8}{27} - \frac{16}{81} + \dotsb \qquad\qquad \frac{10}{3} + \frac{20}{9} + \frac{40}{27} + \frac{80}{81} + \dotsb \] \[ \frac{3}{2} + \frac{9}{4} + \frac{27}{8} + \frac{81}{16} + \dotsb \]
    \[ \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{2n^3}{7n^3+6n} \qquad \sum_{n=1}^\infty 3^{n}\,10^{-n} \qquad \sum_{n=1}^\infty 3^{2n}\,10^{2-n} \qquad \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{4}{n(n+4)} \] \[ \sum_{n=1}^\infty \arctan(n) \qquad \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\mathrm{e}^n}{n^\mathrm{e}} \qquad \sum_{n=1}^\infty \ln\left(\frac{n}{n+2}\right) \]