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Is there series that is divergent or conditionally convergent with absolutely convergent Cauchy product? Seems like there is a group of these examples!

Perhaps finding divergent series with absolutely convergent Cauchy product isn't that difficult (see here for an example), but perhaps finding conditionally convergent series with absolutely convergent Cauchy product is more complicated.

I've been studying the paper by Florian Cajori after RRL posted a comment in my post:
Conditionally converges $\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_n$, $\sum_{k=0}^\infty b_n$ and also their Cauchy product .

Perhaps the paper is a bit 'ancient' (100 years ago) (perhaps mathematicians 100 years ago had a style a little bit differently than modern day mathematicians). Perhaps mathematicians 100 years ago had a style a little bit differently than modern day mathematicians.

Or else, I think my mathematical maturity isn't enough, so I used lots of time to read his paper but still fails to understand all materials in the paper. (For example, I only realize what is meant by 'dropping parentheses' after I read it for an hour...)

The author of the paper gives two examples, the first example is about, there are conditionally convergent series such that their Cauchy product are absolutely convergent. That example, is digested by me after some works.

My works on this example, hope that there aren't typos or errors :). P.1 P.2 P.3 P.4 P.5

He gives 'the general method' later in the paper. That's what I'm stuggling.

Not to say that I can't understand why the constraints are set that way, I even don't know how to prove the general method (and the author can't write down his delicate proof because the margin is too small).

Following his words, I conjectured that:

If $\hspace{2ex}$$b,c\in\mathbb N, a=2c;\vert d\vert=\min\{\vert l\vert:b\equiv l\text{ }(\text{mod }a)\}, d\mid c$;

$\hspace{4ex}$$\forall(k=1,...,c),\gamma_k=1$; $\forall (k=c+1,...,a), > > \gamma_k=-1$;

$\hspace{4ex}$$\forall(k=1,...,b),\delta_k\in\{-1,1\}$;

$\hspace{4ex}$$\forall (n\ge m_1,k=1,...,a),s_{n,k}=\frac{\gamma_k} {an+\alpha_k},\text{ while }m_1\in\mathbb Z$

$\hspace{8ex}$is chosen s.t. $(s_{n,k})$ are well-defined;

$\hspace{4ex}$$\forall (n\ge m_2,k=1,...,b), t_{n,k}=\frac{\delta_k} {bn+\beta_k},\text{ while }m_2\in\mathbb Z$

$\hspace{8ex}$is chosen s.t. $(t_{n,k})$ are well-defined;

$\hspace{4ex}$$\forall(n\ge m_1,k=1,...,a), u_{an+k}=s_{n,k}$;

$\hspace{4ex}$$\forall (n\ge m_2,k=1,...,b), v_{bn+k}= t_{n,k}$;

$\hspace{4ex}$$m\ge \max\{am_1+1,bm_2+1\}$ is an arbitrary integer.

Then $\sum_{n=m}^\infty u_n$ converges conditionally and Cauchy product of $\bigg(\sum_{n=m}^\infty u_n,\sum_{n=m}^\infty v_n\bigg)$,

$\hspace{4ex}$i.e. $\sum_{n=m}^\infty c_n=\sum_{n=m}^\infty \bigg( \sum_{k=m}^n u_k v_{n+m-k} \bigg)$ converges absolutely.

Here's what I've tried:

I hope to break (It is called 'dropping paraentheses', as mentioned in the paper) the series $\sum_n^\infty \Big(c_{nab+1}+c_{nab+2}+...+c_{nab+(ab-1)}\Big)$ into $\sum_n^\infty c_{nab}, \sum_n^\infty c_{nab+1},...\sum_n^\infty c_{nab+(ab-1)}$ so that it can be managed as the way for the particular example before.

Should I require further that $(ab)$ divides $m$? But even after that,...

Inspired by the proof of Merten's theorem, does $\sum_{i=0}^N\sum_{j=0}^i a_jb_{i-j}=\sum_{j=0}^Na_{N-j}B_j$ helps? Perhaps we can use the value of the series that converges conditionally to prove the Cauchy product above converges? But it is only convergent then, not necessarily absolutely.

However, I thought, even managing the case when $a=b=4$ (the example before) is complicated and heavy, how can I allow $a,b$ to be arbitray (and maybe distinct) natural number and develop a general algorithm to prove the theorem?

If there is something like mathematical induction to handle countable infinite amount of statement, which is applicable here, maybe I can handle it. Well... however, induction obviously doesn't seems to work here directly. (or maybe, there is, an exciting, trick?)

I observed that in the first example stated in the paper, $\sum_{n=0}^\infty c_n=0$, which is because $\big(\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_n\big)\big(\sum_{n=0}^\infty b_n\big)=0$. Should we make more conditions (such as requiring $\sum_{n=0}^\infty u_n=0$?) according to this?

Any hope will be appreciated. I may just want some constructive hints... Thank you!

Tony Ma
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  • Why isn't there any comment or answer I received? Is this question poorly asked? I would like at least some comments explain to me why seems no one is interested on this question... – Tony Ma Jul 12 '18 at 02:52
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    Don't worry. The post is nicely formulated and to me the problem is interesting. It just seems somewhat cumbersome to make an appropriate elaboration as useful answer. Btw, I don't think that it is at the MO-level, but you might want to ask for related papers at MO. (+1) – Markus Scheuer Jul 12 '18 at 14:28
  • If I understand correctly, Cajori outlines a method to construct conditionally convergent series whose Cauchy product converges absolutely, you haven't managed to convert Cajori's outline into a proof yet, and would like to see a proof. If I understood correctly, I can see whether I understand enough of Cajori's paper to make a proof of it. – Daniel Fischer Jul 13 '18 at 11:54
  • Yes, I do. I can't manage to convert the outline into a rigorous proof. Thanks – Tony Ma Jul 14 '18 at 07:36
  • Since you didn't @-ping, I didn't get notified of your comment. If I hadn't been reminded of this by your last question, it would have been forgotten. I'll dig into Cajori's paper in the next days. But I can't promise any results. – Daniel Fischer Jul 19 '18 at 11:18
  • @DanielFischer Oh yes, how come I forget to make at sign. Anyway, thanks very much for your try on Cajori's paper. – Tony Ma Jul 19 '18 at 11:26
  • @DanielFischer By the way, if you are free, can you read my post here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2856457/problem-with-reading-a-proof-uniqueness-of-integer-solution-to-0za-1aq-1 (a quick question, just hope you notice it, and of course it is fine if you ignore it). These two posts are both questions I encounter when I was reading. Thx – Tony Ma Jul 19 '18 at 11:30
  • @DanielFischer How is it going on at Cajori's paper? Even if you weren't free enough to fully understand the paper, can you tell if you had some attempts? I would be appreciate even with some hope for solution. – Tony Ma Aug 20 '18 at 02:10
  • I'm sorry. My printer is out of service, and I can't read well on a computer screen, so I've been procrastinating ("I'll do it tomorrow", I guess everybody knows that phenomenon) [but I've also been away on vacation, so it's not yet a full month of procrastination]. I think I got the basic idea, but not yet the details. Your poking should help me overcome the procrastination. If I take too much time, poke again (not daily, but it needn't wait a full week to the next poke). – Daniel Fischer Aug 20 '18 at 09:51
  • @DanielFischer Okay. Thanks. By the way, I edit my posted a little bit. Hope it helps. – Tony Ma Aug 22 '18 at 08:47
  • @DanielFischer I'm poking again. :) – Tony Ma Aug 27 '18 at 02:56
  • Almost but not quite a full week :) I've done some reading meanwhile, but I still need more. – Daniel Fischer Aug 27 '18 at 12:31
  • I've done some more reading, and some scribbling. I hope that I'll be able to write an answer next week. (I'm occupied otherwise over the weekend, so I can't use that to make progress.) – Daniel Fischer Aug 31 '18 at 15:23
  • @DanielFischer Well... I am poking in case you really forgot it... It is quite embarrassing for me to ask you for so many times if you are not free enough to answer me. – Tony Ma Mar 09 '19 at 08:29

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