Convergence of a logaritmic series

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Homework Statement


Analyze the convergence of the following series, describing the criteria used:
[itex]\displaystyle\sum_{n=9}^{\infty}\frac{1}{(ln(ln(n)))^{ln(n)}}[/itex]


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Wolfram Alpha says it converges due to comparison test, however I can't find to get a proper comparison. My main attempt was starting with [itex]\displaystyle ln(n)< n[/itex] and, starting from there, getting:
[itex](ln(ln(n)))^{ln(n)} < (ln(n))^{ln(n)} < n^{ln(n)} < n^{n}[/itex]
However, after getting their reciprocal, I manage to prove [itex]\frac{1}{n^{n}}[/itex] converges, but that is inconclusive. Any idea to which function I should start with to get the comparison test right?
 
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If you want to show it converges, then you need to replace [itex]\ln(\ln(n))^{\ln(n)}[/itex] with something that is smaller than it, not larger. That means you need to think of a function which is smaller than ln(n) to replace some of those logs with.

It might help to remember that whenever there's a ln(n) in the exponent, you can do some algebra on it to rewrite your function!
 
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All right, managed to get [itex]\displaystyle ln(ln(n))^{ln(n)} = n^{ln(ln(ln(n)))}[/itex]. Guess using [itex]n^{2}[/itex] as the comparison function would work, right? Because at infinity, [itex]n^{ln(ln(ln(n)))} ≈ n^{n}[/itex], therefore I would it should converge.