Monday, July 29, 2019

sequences and series - Formula for partial sum of (10)/(10n+1)

I'm trying to find Sn of an infinite series, and I'm having trouble. Here is the equation:



n=11010n+1




This gives me these terms:



Sn=1011+1021+1031+1041+...+1010n+1



After I calculate the terms of Sn, I get:



Sn=1011,2032,3063,40104,...



Obviously the top is 10n, but I'm having trouble with the bottom. I recognize a pattern in the differences of the terms, mainly that each is separated by the previous difference + 10:




S2S1=21



S3S2=31



S4S3=41



But I have no idea how to translate that into a formula. Note that I am aware that the series diverges, but I would still like to create a formula with which I can take the limit of infinity to verify that it diverges. Any suggestions?



EDIT: Apparently I'm asking the wrong question. What I'm essentially trying to figure out is how to determine whether the series converges or diverges based on the information available. I can use intuition to come to the conclusion it's divergent, but how do I do it mathematically?

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