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    Question Proving a series diverges 1/n and 1/n^2 = PI^2/6 .:Resolved:.

    Hello everyone!
    I was wondering if anyone happend to know any links or just knew off the top of their head to show the following:
    I need to show that this series diverges:
    E shall stand for Sumnation
    Code:
    infinity
    E          1/n  = 1+1/2+1/3+1/4+...+infinity
    n = 1
    
    How am i suppose to show that this series
     does infact diverge? I can't write, well its 
    going to go to infinity, well acutally, i thought 
    it would go to 0, but thats not the case.
    Also some math wiz figured out that
    Code:
    infinity
    E         1/n^2  = PI^2/6
    n =1
    anyone know how i could show this?

    Thanks!
    Last edited by voidflux; Mar 7th, 2004 at 01:12 PM.
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