Re: Convergent?

From: Herman Rubin (hrubin_at_odds.stat.purdue.edu)
Date: 01/24/05 

Date: 24 Jan 2005 13:31:47 -0500

In article <320feecd4eef0f2e55cb6533abf8d7b4.61944@mygate.mailgate.org>,
Eamon Warnock <ewarnock@gz.cngb.com> 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))) + ...

As stated, the series diverges, because the iterations
of "1+log()" become much less than 1. 

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