As homework I was given the following series to check for convergence:
$ \displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{\sin(n)\sin(n^{2})}{\sqrt{n}} $
and the tip was "use the appropriate identity".
I'm trying to use Dirichlet's test and show that it's the product of a null monotonic sequence and a bounded series, but I can't figure out which trig. identity is needed.
Can anyone point me towards the right direction?
Many thanks.
Answer
Hint: You can show that $$ \sum\limits_{n=1}^N\sin(n)\sin(n^2)=\frac{1}{2}(1-\cos(N^2+N)) $$ To do this use identity $$ \sin(\alpha)\sin(\beta)=\frac{1}{2}(\cos(\alpha-\beta)-\cos(\alpha+\beta)) $$
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