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Remainder term Let Rn be the remainder associated with

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QUESTION:

Remainder term Let \(R_{n}\) be the remainder associated with is \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{5}}\). Find an upper bound for \(R_{n}\) (in terms of n). How many terms of the series must be summed to approximate the series with an error less than \(10^{-4}\)?

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QUESTION:

Remainder term Let \(R_{n}\) be the remainder associated with is \(\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^{5}}\). Find an upper bound for \(R_{n}\) (in terms of n). How many terms of the series must be summed to approximate the series with an error less than \(10^{-4}\)?

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Theorem 8.12

Let  be a continuous,positive,decreasing function,for  and  let  for

Let  be a convergent series and  bethe sum of the first  terms of the series.The remainder  satisfies .

The exact value of the series is bounded ,

 

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