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Homework Statement


The series is at http://img203.imageshack.us/i/snapshot1g.png/

The Attempt at a Solution



The LHS series diverges. However, the term 1/n seems to be make the series to converge.
However, I am not completely sure how to proceed in proving that the series converges.

I should first show that the series has a converging point.
Then I can show that the series converges.
 
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That isn't a series, it is a sequence.

a_n = \frac 1 n\left(\frac 1 2 + \frac 2 3 + ... + \frac n {n+1}\right)

One way to prove a sequence converges is to show it is bounded above and increasing. Try that.
 
Its a riemann sum.
 
^ Clever! I missed the obvious.

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Its a riemann sum.

I don't think it's really a Riemann sum. The kth term is (k/n)/(k+1). If it were a Riemann sum, that would be a function only of (k/n).
 
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