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- From: storch@draper.com (Joel Storch)
- Subject: Re: Does this product converge ???
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.165148.20421@draper.com>
- Keywords: Infinite products, convergence
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- Organization: Draper Lab
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:51:48 GMT
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- To prove that Product(k=3,infinity, Cos(Pi/k)) converges, first rewrite it as
- Product(k=3,infinity,1-2 (Sin(Pi/2k))^2). This product will converge
- (absolutely) if the infinite series Sum(k=3,infinity,(Sin(Pi/2k))^2)
- converges. The Ratio Test fails here but Raabe's test shows that the series
- converges.
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- One source of theorems on convergence of infinite Products is Whittaker &
- Watson, "A course in Modern Analysis"
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