Rules for determining interval of convergence of power series
Statement
Consider a power series of the form:
The rules here help determine the radius of convergence and interval of convergence for this power series in terms of the manner in which the coefficients grow or decay with as .
Below is a table with all the cases:
| Verbal description of case | Lim sup version for coefficients | Other version for coefficients | Conclusion about radius of convergence | Conclusion about interval of convergence | Examples of functions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coefficients decay superexponentially | [SHOW MORE] | all of | reciprocal of function with doubly exponential growth, reciprocal of exponential of function with polynomial growth, reciprocal of factorial function or factorial-type function. | ||
| coefficients grow superexponentially | Hard (see details below) | 0 | function with doubly exponential growth, exponential of function with polynomial growth, factorial or factorial-type function | ||
| coefficients grow or decay exponentially | To determine whether endpoints are included, we use the degree difference test or some variant (see below) | exponential function, exponential function times rational function times function of slower growth |