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White_Owl

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Registered: 2010-03-03

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Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

The problem is:
For which positive integers k is the following series convergent?

My Answer:
For series to be convergent the next inequality should be true (by the Ratio Test):

Since we know that both k and n are positive we can omit absolute bars.

And now I simplify:

But since k is a constant this limit will never be less than 1. Therefore the series divergent for all possible k.

Did I make a mistake somewhere? Textbook is looking for a convergent series...

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

Hi;

Something is wrong right there.

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White_Owl

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

I do not think there are mistakes:

Or are you talking about different equations?

bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

Your first line is good.

Shouldn't manipulations maintain equality with the original assertion?

That does not?

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anonimnystefy

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

I do not think there are mistakes:

Or are you talking about different equations?

The second line is not correc(k(n+1))!=1*2*3*...*(k(n+1)-1)*(k(n+1))

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bobbym

bumpkin

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

Hi;

That is what I mean, something is bad where I indicated. There could be further mistakes but that is where the first one occurs.

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anonimnystefy

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

Well, the rest of his current work is okay. But that error is messing up the whole thing.

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White_Owl

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

anonimnystefy, thank you. I see the mistake now

So my new answer is:

Therefore, series converges for k>=2

anonimnystefy

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From: Harlan's World

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

Third line - in the denominator you have k1*k2*...*kn and you say below it "n times". It should be 1*2*...*kn and below it should be "kn times".

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White_Owl

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

Yes, of course. Thank you.

anonimnystefy

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Re: Convergence of (n!)^2/(kn)!

Everything else seems okay to me.

You are welcome.

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“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.