Ratio test. 2. Ratio test, discuss a. 3. Compare with 2−n. 4. Bertrand series with substitution. 5. Rewrite nlnn=e(lnn)2 and (lnn)n=enlnlnn, compare to 1/n2. 6. Use cos2n≥0 and comparison with harmonic.
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(1) ∑nnn!. Ratio: unun+1=(n+1)n+1(n+1)!⋅n!nn=(n+1n)n=(1+n1)−n→e1<1. By d'Alembert, the series converges.
(2) ∑ann!, a>0. Ratio: unun+1=an+1(n+1)!⋅n!an=an+1→+∞. For every fixed a>0, the ratio eventually exceeds 1, so un→0: the series diverges.
(3) ∑n+2n2n. For n≥1, 0≤n+2n2n≤2n2n=2n⋅2−n. The series ∑2n⋅2−n converges (ratio test: (n+1)/2n→1/2<1). By comparison, the series converges.
(4) ∑nlnn(lnlnn)β1. Use the substitution u=lnlnt; the integral ∫tlnt(lnlnt)βdt=∫uβdu converges iff β>1. Hence the series converges if β>1 and diverges if β≤1.
(5) ∑(lnn)nnlnn. Write nlnn=exp((lnn)2),(lnn)n=exp(nlnlnn), so un=exp((lnn)2−nlnlnn). Since nlnlnn dominates (lnn)2, one has un=o(n−2). By comparison with ∑n−2, the series converges.
(6) ∑ncos2n. Since cos2n≥0 and cos2n≥21 along a positive density of integers (e.g. n≡0(mod2π) approximation), one gets ncos2n→0 fast enough. More directly: cos2n=21+cos2n, so ncos2n=2n1+2ncos2n. The first term gives a divergent series (∑n−1/2), while the second converges by Dirichlet's test. Hence the series diverges (to +∞).