Calculus 2 Lesson 11.7 Strategy for Testing Series | ||
The following topics
are the most important. Typical exercises from Calculus, 7th edition-early
Transcendentals, by James Stewart, are
assigned at the end of each objective. In smaller print following the objective is a guide for the reading assignment in the form of page numbers in the text and notes regarding the reading about the objective. |
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1. | Use the strategy to decide which series convergence test to
conduct and use that test to determine the convergence or divergence of a series.
P#740#1,3,5,7,11,13,17,21,27 You may wish to refer to Dr.VanVelsir's Infinite Series Analysis Tree to see some of the strategies in flow chart form. |
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P739 | The steps to use are given on this page. Carefully examine Examples 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Review the types of problems you had in the previous sections and do enough to get a sense of which type to try first. | |
P740 | Look at the videos in the ebook on Webassign. Examples 1,3, and 5 | |
For a synopsis of the series tests,
click Series Tests
Use the series tree to show a flow chart for the process. Maple Assignment: none |