Why do we need to do analysis rigorously? - exercises

The main web page really consists of a number of puzzles or paradoxes for you to solve. Some of what is said there is correct, some not correct, and your job is to work out which is which. You might find it helpful to come back to these questions again later on when you have read the full set of notes.

Exercise.

Justify the assertion that the sum of the geometric series is 1.

Exercise.

Is the argument that the sum of the quadratic series exists and is less than 2 correct?

Exercise.

Is the argument that the sum of the harmonic series exists correct?

Exercise.

Manipulating the sum we discovered that 0=1. What is wrong with the argument here?

Exercise.

What goes wrong with the argument concerning the sum where we discovered that 0>14?