The Divergence Test

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For instance, the sum

doesn't converge, since the limit as n goes to infinity of (n+1)/n is 1. Note that the implication only goes one way; if the limit is zero, you still may not get convergence. For instance, the terms of

have a limit of zero, but the sum does not converge.

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