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Pual Black
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Homework Statement
i have a few homework question and want to be sure if I have solved them right.
Q1) Write ##\vec{\triangledown}\cdot\vec{\triangledown}\times\vec{A}## and ##\vec{\triangledown}\times\vec{\triangledown}\phi## in tensor index notation in ##R^3##
Q2) the spherical coordinates
##x=r sin\theta cos\phi##
##y=r sin\theta sin\phi##
##z=r cos\theta##
what is the relataion of ##dx, dy, dz## in terms of ## dr , d\theta , d\phi , ##
Q3) Determine whether the following series converges
##\sum \left(\frac{2}{5^{k+1} }+\frac{(2k)!}{3^k}\right)##
this problem has no summation startpoint. I thought such question must have a start point and go to infinity. like k=0 or k=2
The Attempt at a Solution
Q1) ##\vec{\triangledown}\cdot\vec{\triangledown}\times\vec{A} = \epsilon_{ijk}\partial_{i}\partial_{j}A_{k}##
##\vec{\triangledown}\times\vec{\triangledown}\phi = \epsilon_{ijk}\partial_{j}\partial_{k}\phi##
Q2) ##dx=sin\theta cos\phi dr + r cos\theta cos\phi d\theta - r sin\theta sin\phi dphi##
##dy=sin\theta sin\phi dr + r cos\theta sin\phi d\phi + r cos\theta cos\phi d\phi##
## dz=cos\theta dr - r sin\theta d\theta##
Q3)
##\sum \frac{2}{5^{k+1} }=\frac{2}{5}+\frac{2}{25}+\frac{2}{125}+...##
from geometric series
##\lim_{k \rightarrow \infty}S_n=\frac{a}{1-r}##
##a=\frac{2}{5}## ##r=\frac{1}{5}##
since ##\mid r\mid<1## the series converges
##\lim_{k \rightarrow \infty}S_n=\frac{\frac{2}{5}}{1-\frac{1}{5}}=\frac{1}{2}##
##\sum \frac{(2k)!}{3^k}##
using D'Alembert ratio test
##\rho=\lim_{k \rightarrow \infty} \frac{u_{k+1}}{u_{k}}##
##\rho=\lim_{k \rightarrow \infty} \frac{\frac{[2(k+1)]!}{3^{k+1}}}{\frac{(2k)!}{3^{k}}}####\rho=\lim_{k \rightarrow \infty} \frac{(2k+2)!3^{k}}{(2k)!3^{k+1}}####\rho=\lim_{k \rightarrow \infty} \frac{(2k+2)(2k+1)}{3}##
this gives infinity and therefore this series diverges