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The Integral Test and Estimates of Sums

Integral Test

Integral Test

The integral test applied to the harmonic series. Since the area under the curve $y = \frac{1}{x}$ for $x \in [1, \infty)$ is infinite, the total area of the rectangles must be infinite as well.

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