Video: Absolute Convergence, Conditional Convergence and Divergence
This video goes through the difference between absolute and conditional convergence when testing an alternating series.
To get your points for this activity, answer these two questions: (1) in example 2, his series converged conditionally. Why didn't it converge absolutely? (be specific about how he showed this), and (2) in example 3, he said that he used the "test for divergence". What do we call that test?
Now click the menu item under Section called Reviewing Comparison Tests and When to Use Them to begin the 9-5c.5 Reviewing Comparison Tests and When to Use Them.
Video Attribution
Description: Absolute Convergence, Conditional Convergence and Divergence
Source: PatrickJMT; YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hOeqjoQvNw