4.3.10 · D1 · Maths › Calculus III — Sequences & Series › Alternating series test — Leibniz test, proof
Agar aap baar baar aisa step lete ho jo har baar direction badle aur zero ki taraf chhota hota jaye , toh aap forever bhatakne wale nahi ho — aapko ek jagah settle hona hi padega. Poora alternating series test bas yahi "flag ki taraf hop karna" wali picture hai, exact banai gayi, aur neeche sab kuch woh vocabulary hai jo isse precisely kehne ke liye chahiye.
Yeh page assume karta hai ki aapko kuch nahi pata . Har symbol jo parent proof use karta hai, woh yahan banaya gaya hai, ek ke upar doosra, aur har ek ke saath ek picture.
Signs aur limits se pehle, humein raw object chahiye: ek sum jo kabhi khatam nahi hota .
Definition Sequence vs. series
Ek sequence numbers ki ek ordered list hai, har counting number ke liye ek: a 1 , a 2 , a 3 , …
Ek series woh hai jo aapko milta hai jab aap sequence ke terms ko add karo: a 1 + a 2 + a 3 + ⋯
Picture: sequence number line par dots hain (har step ke liye ek); series woh running total hai jab aap un dots se guzarte ho.
Intuition Kyun hum "sab add" nahi kar sakte
Aap literally finite time mein infinitely many numbers add nahi kar sakte. Toh hum cheat karte hain: hum pehle N add karte hain, us running total ko dekhte hain, aur poochhte hain "yeh kahan ja raha hai?" Woh heading hi poora game hai. Dekho Convergence of Series — overview .
n (index)
n bas ek counter hai: yeh 1 , 2 , 3 , … values leta hai aur label karta hai ki hum kaunsa term mean kar rahe hain. a n padha jaata hai "the n -th term."
Picture: n aapki walk mein step number hai. a 5 = step 5 par jo bhi hota hai.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: bina counter ke hum yeh nahi keh sakte "is term ke baad wala term" (a n + 1 ) ya "jab hum forever chalte hain" (n → ∞ ). Test ki har condition ek statement hai ki n badhne par terms kaise change hoti hain .
Definition Sigma notation
n = 1 ∑ N a n ek shorthand hai ==a 1 + a 2 + ⋯ + a N == ke liye. Letter ∑ (Greek capital S, "Sum" ke liye) kehta hai add karo ; neeche n = 1 kehta hai 1 se count shuru karo ; upar N kehta hai N par ruko .
Jab upar ∞ ho, toh matlab hai "hamesha chalte raho" — lekin actually yeh ek limit hai (Section 6).
Picture: ∑ ek machine hai jisme start dial (neeche) aur stop dial (upar) hai jo har term ko ek running total mein daalti hai.
∑ abhi number nahi hai
n = 1 ∑ ∞ ek process hai, automatically ek value nahi. Kya yeh banta hai ek number — yahi "converges" ka matlab hai.
Yeh proof mein sabse important object hai, isliye hum isko apni alag picture dete hain.
s N
s N = ∑ n = 1 N a n = a 1 + a 2 + ⋯ + a N .
Yeh N steps ke baad ka total hai — ek normal, finite sum. s 1 = a 1 , s 2 = a 1 + a 2 , aur aise hi.
Picture: number line par har step ke baad apni position mark karo. s 1 , s 2 , s 3 , … woh positions hain — running totals se bani ek nayi sequence .
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: parent proof kabhi bhi directly infinite sum ko study nahi karta. Woh partial sums ke sequence s N ko study karta hai aur poochhta hai ki kya woh positions settle hoti hain. Series ka convergence defined hai as convergence of s N .
− 1
( − 1 ) ko ek whole number se raise karo toh yeh + 1 aur − 1 ke beech flip karta hai:
( − 1 ) 0 = + 1 , ( − 1 ) 1 = − 1 , ( − 1 ) 2 = + 1 , ( − 1 ) 3 = − 1 , …
Even power ⟹ + 1 , odd power ⟹ − 1 . (− 1 se even number of times multiply karo toh wapas ghar aa jaate ho.)
Ab ( − 1 ) n − 1 :
n
n − 1
( − 1 ) n − 1
1
0
+ 1
2
1
− 1
3
2
+ 1
4
3
− 1
Toh ( − 1 ) n − 1 pattern + , − , + , − , … banata hai positive se shuru karke. Isliye parent likhta hai
∑ ( − 1 ) n − 1 b n = b 1 − b 2 + b 3 − b 4 + ⋯
Intuition Sign ko size se alag kyun karein
Har term ko sign ( − 1 ) n − 1 times positive size b n mein split karna humein saari conditions b n sizes par rakhne deta hai, signs par koi nahi. Clean division of labour: signs isko back-and-forth hop karaate hain, sizes hops ko chhota karti hain.
Definition Absolute value
∣ x ∣
∣ x ∣ hai ==distance of x from 0 == — hamesha ≥ 0 . Yeh sign strip kar deta hai: ∣ − 3 ∣ = 3 , ∣3∣ = 3 .
Picture: ∣ x ∣ = point x kitna origin se door hai, yeh bhoolke ki kaunsi side.
b n
b n = ∣ a n ∣ > 0 n-th term ka magnitude hai — hop ki length , direction bhoolke. Ek alternating series mein a n = ( − 1 ) n − 1 b n .
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: test ki dono conditions ("decreasing" aur "goes to zero") dono hop lengths ke baare mein hain, toh humein un lengths ke liye akele ek naam chahiye: woh naam hai b n .
Definition Monotone decreasing
Ek sequence decreasing (monotone non-increasing) hai agar har term pehle wale se badi nahi ho : b n + 1 ≤ b n har n ke liye.
Picture: dots downhill (ya flat) chalte hain, kabhi uphill nahi . Walk mein har hop pichle se chhhota ya barabar hai.
Intuition "Decreasing" kyun dono conditions mein se ek hai
Proof mein, terms ko ( b 1 − b 2 ) + ( b 3 − b 4 ) + ⋯ group karna chahiye har bracket ≥ 0 ho . Yeh tab sach hai jab exactly b 1 ≥ b 2 , b 3 ≥ b 4 , etc. Koi decrease nahi ⟹ koi bracket negative ho sakta hai ⟹ "hamesha increasing" partial-sum argument collapse ho jaata hai. Dekho Monotone Convergence Theorem .
Common mistake "Eventually decreasing" kaafi hai
Condition sirf bade n ke liye hold karni chahiye (kisi finite point ke baad). Kuch early wiggles matter nahi karti — tail hi convergence determine karta hai.
Yeh doosri condition hai, aur ∞ ke peeche ka matlab hai.
Definition Limit equals zero (seedhe alfaazon mein)
n → ∞ lim b n = 0 matlab: jaise jaise n bina bound ke badhta hai, b n utna close ho jaata hai aur rehta hai 0 se jitna aap chaaho. Koi bhi tiny target distance chuno; eventually har b n us ke andar aa jaayega.
Picture: hop lengths zero ki taraf shrink hoti hain — 0 ke aaspaas ek shrinking band mein squeeze hoti hain, kabhi wapas nahi niklengi.
Intuition "Zero ko jaata hai" kyun doosri condition hai
Step 4 mein proof likhta hai s 2 m + 1 = s 2 m + b 2 m + 1 . Agar b 2 m + 1 → 0 , toh odd totals aur even totals ek hi jagah milne ko majboor hain. Agar hops zero tak nahi shrink hote, toh even aur odd totals permanent gap par reh sakte hain — koi single limit nahi, koi convergence nahi.
Common mistake "Zero ko jaata hai" akele kaafi nahi hai (generally)
Harmonic Series ∑ 1/ n ke terms → 0 hain phir bhi woh diverge karta hai. Vanishing terms zaroori hain lekin sufficient nahi — aapko alternation aur decrease bhi chahiye. Yahi hai jo nth-Term Test for Divergence aur parent mein Mistake A warn karta hai.
Definition Series converges
Series ∑ a n ==converges to s == agar uske partial sums ek fixed number approach karein: N → ∞ lim s N = s . Woh single number s sum kehlata hai. Agar aisa koi number exist nahi karta, toh series diverge karti hai.
Picture: running-total dots s 1 , s 2 , s 3 , … ek point s par home in karte hain — woh flag jis ki taraf aap hop kar rahe the.
Topic ko yeh kyun chahiye: Leibniz test ka poora conclusion ek word hai — converges . Ab aapko pata hai ki iska matlab hai "partial-sum positions ek jagah settle hoti hain," aur aap stronger cousin se miloge Absolute vs Conditional Convergence mein.
Converges means sN settles
Har sawaal padho, zyaban se jawab do, phir reveal karo.
a n ka kya matlab hai aur subscript n kya karta hai?a n sequence ka n-th term hai; n ek counter hai jo label karta hai ki hum kaunsa term (step) mean kar rahe hain.
n = 1 ∑ N a n poori tarah kya represent karta hai?a 1 + a 2 + ⋯ + a N — har term n = 1 se n = N tak add karo.
Partial sum s N define karo aur batao ki proof isko kyun study karta hai. s N = a 1 + ⋯ + a N , N steps ke baad ka finite total; series ka convergence defined hai as sequence s N ka ek limit par settle hona.
n = 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ke liye ( − 1 ) n − 1 compute karo.+ 1 , − 1 , + 1 , − 1 — pattern positive se shuru hota hai.
∣ − 7 ∣ kya hai aur ∣ x ∣ kya measure karta hai?7 ; x ki 0 se distance, hamesha non-negative.
"Sizes decreasing hain" ko inequality mein likho. b n + 1 ≤ b n har (bade) n ke liye.
Plain words mein batao n → ∞ lim b n = 0 ka matlab kya hai. Jaise jaise n bina bound ke badhta hai, b n 0 ke arbitrarily close ho jaata hai aur rehta hai.
Kya "terms 0 ko jaate hain" akele guarantee karta hai ki series converge karti hai? Nahi — jaise harmonic series ∑ 1/ n diverge karta hai, haalaanki 1/ n → 0 .
Kiska matlab hai ki ek series s par converge karti hai? Iske partial sums satisfy karte hain lim N → ∞ s N = s ; positions ek point s par home in karti hain.