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Proof Techniques
DIR By: Dragon Hellfire
Date: May 15, 2019, 1:51 am
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Introductory
Fundamental Methods
- Direct Proof
- Proof by Contradiction
- Proof by Contraposition
- Proof by Induction
Calculus
Sums and Seires: Divergence and Convergence
-> Theorems
- Theorem 1 The harmonic series is divergent
HTML https://web.williams.edu/Mathematics/lg5/harmonic.pdf
- Theorem 2 The geometric series is conditionally convergent.
HTML http://mathfaculty.fullerton.edu/mathews/c2003/complexgeometricseries/ComplexGeometricSeriesTheorem.1.pdf
- Theorem 3 Absolute convergence implies convergence.
->Tests
- Direct Comparison (If a smaller sum diverges, sum diverges ;;
if a greater sum converges, sum converges)
- Integral Test (If itegral converges, sum converges)
- Limit Comparison Test (If limit does not approach zero, sum
diverges)
- Root Test
- Ratio Test (If absolute value of the ratio of (n+1)th term and
the reciprocal of the nth term is less than 1, sum converges)
-->Useful Skills
- Partial Fraction Decomposition
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