For the family of series with real parameter

MATHEMATICS · Subjective · AP · Calculus BC · Infinite Sequences and Series · Infinite Sequences and Series

Problem

For the family of series ∑n=1∞nnp+3\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{n}{n^{p}+3} with real parameter pp, find all values of pp for which the limit of the nnth term alone guarantees that the series cannot converge.

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