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Re: Convergent?

Re: Convergent?  
Zaeem Burq
From:Zaeem Burq
Subject:Re: Convergent?
Date:Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:53:13 +0000 (UTC)
On 23 Jan 2005, Eamon Warnock wrote:
>Prove the convergence or otherwise of
>
>1/1 + 1/2(1+log2) + 1/3(1+log3)(1+log(1+log3)) +
>1/4(1+log4)(1+log(1+log4))(1+log(1+log(1+log4))) + ...

Dear Eamon,

Interesting. You may wish to experiment with Mathematica: Define the function g[n] in Mathematica as follows:

h[x_] := 1 + Log[x];
g[n_Integer] := Product[Nest[h, n , m - 1 ], {m, 2, n}]/n

g[n] gives the n'th term of your series.

In each of the terms g[n], the factor (1+Log[n])/n converges to zero at a slower rate than 1/n. All the other factors seem to converge to 1 from above. I suspect your series converges to + \infty.

Cheers, Zaeem.
   

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