Radius and Interval of Convergence for (x/sin(n))^n

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The radius of convergence for the series $$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(\frac{x}{\sin n}\right)^{n}$$ is determined to be zero. The ratio test is ineffective in this case due to the behavior of the sine function, which can approach zero for certain values of \(n\). Consequently, for any non-zero \(x\), the terms of the series do not converge to zero, confirming that the series diverges.

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Find Radius and Interval of Convergence for $$\sum_{1}^{\infty}(\frac{x}{sinn})^{n}$$.
I don`t have any ideas how to do that :/
 
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The standard method of determining the radius of convergence of power series is to use the "ratio test": \left|\left(\frac{x^{n+1}}{sin^{n+1}(n+1)}\right)\left(\frac{sin^n(n)}{x^n}\right)\right|= |x|\frac{sin^n(n)}{sin^{n+1}(n+1)}.

The radius of convergence is 1 over the limit of the fraction.
 
Country Boy said:
The standard method of determining the radius of convergence of power series is to use the "ratio test": \left|\left(\frac{x^{n+1}}{sin^{n+1}(n+1)}\right)\left(\frac{sin^n(n)}{x^n}\right)\right|= |x|\frac{sin^n(n)}{sin^{n+1}(n+1)}.

The radius of convergence is 1 over the limit of the fraction.

Thank you for your answer :)
I was thinking about this, but is there a way to calculate limit of this fraction? Sinuses are problematic for me in this limit.
 
Denis99 said:
Find Radius and Interval of Convergence for $$\sum_{1}^{\infty}(\frac{x}{sinn})^{n}$$.
I don't have any ideas how to do that :/
The ratio test won't work in this example. I think you will find that in this case the radius of convergence is zero. To see that, use the "$n$th term test": if the $n$th term of a series does not tend to zero then the series does not converge.

Informally, the argument goes like this. The value of $\sin n$ varies in a fairly random way in the interval $[-1,1]$, but from time to time it gets very close to zero. Now suppose that $x\ne0$. For infinitely many values of $n$, $\sin n$ will be small enough that $\left|\dfrac x{\sin n}\right| >1$. That shows that $\left(\dfrac x{\sin n}\right)^n \not\to0$, so the series $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \left(\dfrac x{\sin n}\right)^n$$ does not converge.
 

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