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Sequences and Series
Compound Interest and Series Growth
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Compound interest grows an investment by adding interest to both the original amount and the interest already earned. With a 4% annual compound interest rate, each year’s balance becomes 1.04 times the previous year’s balance. That pattern creates a geometric sequence, with 1.04 as the common ratio or repeated multiplier.
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考虑一个无穷级数。为了判断该无穷级数是收敛于一个有限值,还是无限增长,可以使用比值判别法。该方法通过考察相邻项比值的绝对值的极限(记为 L)来进行判断。
如果 L 小于 1,则该级数收敛,意味着其和趋近于一个有限的数值。如果 L 大于 1 或等于无穷大,则该级数发散,意味着其和无界增长。
当 L 等于 1 时,该检验无法给出明确结果,需要采用其他方法。
例如,假设一笔本金每年以 4% 的复利利率增长。这种增长形成一个等比数列,其中每一项是前一项的 1.04 倍。
由于该值大于1,每一期的计息都会使总额增加,且总和将无限增长。
该级数发散,表明其累积和无限制地增加,其无穷总...
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