Cauchy Condensation Test

For decreasing nonnegative terms, convergence is equivalent to a condensed dyadic series
Cauchy Condensation Test

Cauchy Condensation Test: Let (an)(a_n) be a nonincreasing sequence of nonnegative real numbers. Then n=1an converges k=02ka2k converges.\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n \text{ converges } \Longleftrightarrow \sum_{k=0}^\infty 2^k a_{2^k} \text{ converges}.

This test is especially useful for like 1/np\sum 1/n^p and 1/(n(logn)p)\sum 1/(n(\log n)^p).