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Homework Statement


Show that
##\sum \frac {cos(\frac{n\pi} {3})} {n^2}##
is absolutely convergent, and therefore convergent

Homework Equations


Comparison test to 1/n^2

The Attempt at a Solution


So to be absulutely convergent the absolute value of the series needs to be convergent. So we compare to the series 1/n^2

##\frac {|cos(\frac{n\pi} {3})|} {n^2}/\frac{1}{n^2}##

so we take the limit as n approaches infinity of

##|cos(\frac{n\pi} {3})|##

And that's where I get stuck because the limit doesn't exist. I know this isn't a trick question because the professor is fair and let us know he wouldn't put anything to trick us on this assignment.

Where did I go wrong or go from here?
 
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Got it. I thought maybe I could just stop with that but I had so much space on the page I'm thinking, "that can't be all." But yeah. That was my confusion.