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In this task, use the Ratio Test to determine the convergence or divergence of the series.

n=1nnn!\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{n^n}{n !}

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Let n=1an=n=1nnn!\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_n=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{n^n}{n!}. Consider

limnan+1an=limn[(n+1)n+1(n+1)!n!nn]=limn(n+1)n+1nn(n+1)=limn(n+1)nnn=limn(1+1n)n=e>1\begin{aligned}\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\left|\dfrac{a_{n+1}}{a_n}\right|&=\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\left[\dfrac{(n+1)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}\cdot \dfrac{n!}{n^n}\right]\\&=\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\dfrac{(n+1)^{n+1}}{n^n(n+1)}\\&=\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\dfrac{(n+1)^n}{n^n}\\&=\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\left(1+\dfrac{1}{n}\right)^n\\&=e\\&>1\end{aligned}

Thus using ratio test we get n=1an\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}a_n diverges.

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