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Rearranging the Alternating Harmonic Series

by C. C. Cowen (Purdue University), K. R. Davidson (University of Waterloo, Canada), and R. P. Kaufman (University of Illinois)

This article originally appeared in:
American Mathematical Monthly
January, 1980

Subject classification(s): Analysis | Infinite Series | Real Analysis | Calculus | Advanced Calculus | Single Variable Calculus | Series
Applicable Course(s): 3.0 Calculus | 3.2 Mainstream Calculus II | 4.0 Advanced Mathematics | 4.11 Advanced Calc I, II, & Real Analysis

The article gives specific rearrangements of the alternating harmonic series.


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Capsule Course Topic(s):
Sequences and Series | Rearragement
Sequences and Series | Special Series: Alternating Series
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