Given 2 series' an bn, what can be said about cn when

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given 2 unknown number series {an}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex] and {bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex], if it is know that {an}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]=infinity and {bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]=K,
K=constant unknown

what can be said about
{an+bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]
{an*bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]


i think that
{an+bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]= infinity, since:
{an+bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]={an}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]+{bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex]= infinity + K = infinity

as for {an*bn}[tex]^{infinity}_{n=1}[/tex], i don't think anything can be said for sure, since K could be a number or 0,

am i right?? is there a proper mathematical way to write this?
 
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Partially right.
If K=0 it's usually undefined, but if K>0 then K*infinity=infinity and if K<0 then... what can you say it equals to?

If you need to check the definitions there they are:
1. a_n=infinity iff for every M>0 there exists N such that for every n>N a_n>M
2. a_n=-infinity iff for every M<0 there exists N such that for every n>N a_n<M.
 
i am asked is Cn converges when
Cn=An+Bn,---> does not converge

Cn=AnBn--->if |Bn|>0 - does not converge
but if Bn=0, then it is undefined, so what does that mean, diverge/converge/something else??
 
Well, now when I think of it if Bn=0, and An->infinity then AnBn->0 because AnBn=0 for every natural n.
If the question were, Bn->0 but not indetically 0, then it's undefined.