Convergence of p-series #
In this file we prove that the series ∑' k in ℕ, 1 / k ^ p converges if and only if p > 1.
The proof is based on the
Cauchy condensation test: ∑ k, f k
converges if and only if so does ∑ k, 2 ^ k f (2 ^ k). We prove this test in
NNReal.summable_condensed_iff and summable_condensed_iff_of_nonneg, then use it to prove
summable_one_div_rpow. After this transformation, a p-series turns into a geometric series.
Tags #
p-series, Cauchy condensation test
Schlömilch's generalization of the Cauchy condensation test #
In this section we prove the Schlömilch's generalization of the Cauchy condensation test:
for a strictly increasing u : ℕ → ℕ with ratio of successive differences bounded and an
antitone f : ℕ → ℝ≥0 or f : ℕ → ℝ, ∑ k, f k converges if and only if
so does ∑ k, (u (k + 1) - u k) * f (u k). Instead of giving a monolithic proof, we split it
into a series of lemmas with explicit estimates of partial sums of each series in terms of the
partial sums of the other series.
A sequence u has the property that its ratio of successive differences is bounded
when there is a positive real number C such that, for all n ∈ ℕ,
(u (n + 2) - u (n + 1)) ≤ C * (u (n + 1) - u n)
Instances For
for series of nonnegative real numbers.
Convergence of the p-series #
In this section we prove that for a real number p, the series ∑' n : ℕ, 1 / (n ^ p) converges if
and only if 1 < p. There are many different proofs of this fact. The proof in this file uses the
Cauchy condensation test we formalized above. This test implies that ∑ n, 1 / (n ^ p) converges if
and only if ∑ n, 2 ^ n / ((2 ^ n) ^ p) converges, and the latter series is a geometric series with
common ratio 2 ^ {1 - p}.
Divergence of the Harmonic Series