Paper 4, Section II, E

Numbers and Sets
Part IA, 2019

Show that the series

n=11n2+n and n=11(2n1)!\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^{2}+n} \quad \text { and } \quad \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{(2 n-1) !}

converge. Determine in each case whether the limit is a rational number. Justify your answers.