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Show how to rearrange the terms of the series from the specified exercise to form a divergent series.

n=1(1)n+11+nn2\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-1)^{n+1} \frac{1+n}{n^2}

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From the other exercise, we found that it conditionally converges (converges but not absolutely).

n=1(1)n+1n+1n2=2134+49516+625736+849\begin{align*} \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (-1)^{n+1} \dfrac{n+1}{n^2} &= \dfrac{ 2}{1 } - \dfrac{ 3}{4 } + \dfrac{ 4}{9 } - \dfrac{ 5}{16 } + \dfrac{ 6}{25 } - \dfrac{ 7}{36 } + \dfrac{ 8}{ 49} \end{align*}

The positive terms diverge to \infty while the negative terms diverge to -\infty.

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