CAIE FP1 2018 June — Question 5

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFP1 (Further Pure Mathematics 1)
Year2018
SessionJune
TopicSequences and series, recurrence and convergence

5 Let \(S _ { n } = \sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } ( - 1 ) ^ { r - 1 } r ^ { 2 }\).
  1. Use the standard result for \(\sum _ { r = 1 } ^ { n } r ^ { 2 }\) given in the List of Formulae (MF10) to show that $$S _ { 2 n } = - n ( 2 n + 1 )$$
  2. State the value of \(\lim _ { n \rightarrow \infty } \frac { S _ { 2 n } } { n ^ { 2 } }\) and find \(\lim _ { n \rightarrow \infty } \frac { S _ { 2 n + 1 } } { n ^ { 2 } }\).