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Problem: The series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} a_n$ diverge and positive. What can be said on the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{a_n}{1+n^{2}a_n}$ ?

Approach:

  1. First, I tried separating it into two cases: $a_n \to \infty$, $a_n \to A$ (where $A$ is some const value).

  2. Tried the ratio test and got nowhere with that.

I think that the right approach is to check each case separately, but my hunch tells me that there is a workaround.

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    Those are not the only cases. a_n can oscillate or even tend to zero slowly. (Casework is the way to go, though.)2010-11-29

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