Dealing with $\sin$ and $\cos$ in a series

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Decide if the series converge or diverge: $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac {\ln(n)+\cos(n)}{n^2}$

I don't know how to approach this.. or well series which involves more functions in general with sum between them such $\ln(n) + \cos(n)$ or $\sin(n) + \cos(n)$ since $\sin$ and $\cos$ have a weird behaviour when plugged in integres, I tried ratio test, thought about some limit comparison with $\frac 1n$ or $\frac 1{n^2}$ but doesn't seem to get anywhere, what test should I use?

Best Answer

Since the series $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\cos n}{n^2}$ converges (since $(\forall n\in\mathbb{N}):-1\leqslant\cos n\leqslant 1$), what remains to be determined is whether the series $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\ln n}{n^2}$ converges or not. For that use the fact that $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{\ln n}{\sqrt n}=0$ and that $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n^{\frac32}}$ converges.

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