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Determine whether the statement is true and give an explanation or counterexample. The sequence of partial sums associated with the series k=11k2+1\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{k^2+1} converges.

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This statement is true. If we prove that the observed series converges, we will have that the sequence of partial sums associated with this series also converges. Denote ak=1k2+1a_k=\frac{1}{k^2+1}. If we apply the Comparison test with the comparison series 1k2\sum \frac{1}{k^2}, we have that the series ak\sum a_k converges.

The series 1k2\sum \frac{1}{k^2} is a convergent series as a pp-series with p=2>1p=2>1 and the following relation holds:

ak=1k2+1<1k2.a_k=\dfrac{1}{k^2+1}<\dfrac{1}{k^2}.

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