I Does the sum of all series 1/n^m, m>1 converge?

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##\sum_{n=1}^\infty 1/n^2 ## converges to ##π^2/6##

and every other series with n to a power greater than 1 for n∈ℕ convergesis it known if the sum of all these series - ##\sum_{m=2}^\infty \sum_{n=1}^\infty 1/n^m ## for n∈ℕ converges?

apologies for any notational flaws
 
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Duh, so as every sum is >1 they of course the double sum above would diverge, but is there anything interesting about the partial sums or

##\sum_{m=2}^\infty \sum_{n=2}^\infty 1/n^m ## ?
 
A more interesting question is what is the result when the n sum starts at n=2.
 
mathman said:
A more interesting question is what is the result when the n sum starts at n=2.

Looks like it converges to 1

ran n to 2:1000 then 2:10000 in Matlab, n(1000)=0.9990, n(10,000)=0.9999
 
BWV said:
Duh, so as every sum is >1 they of course the double sum above would diverge, but is there anything interesting about the partial sums or

##\sum_{m=2}^\infty \sum_{n=2}^\infty 1/n^m ## ?
Flip the sums and focus on the ##\sum_{m=2}^\infty 1/n^m## part first.
 

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