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My textbook and Wikipedia similarly state:

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$r=\liminf\limits_{n\to\infty}\,\left\lvert\dfrac{u_{n+1}}{u_n}\right\rvert\quad$ and $\quad R=\limsup\limits_{n\to\infty}\,\left\lvert\dfrac{u_{n+1}}{u_n}\right\rvert\;$.

  • If $R < 1$, the series converges,

  • If $r > 1$, the series diverges,

  • If $r\leqslant1\leqslant R$, the test is inconclusive, except if for a sufficiently large $n: \left\lvert\dfrac{u_{n+1}}{u_n}\right\rvert\geqslant1$, when the series diverges.

How can the second bullet be false, and the exception be true at the same time? (i.e. how is the exception not redundant?)

Erithax
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