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How can I find the radious of convergence and the interval of convergence for this series

How can I find the radious of convergence and the interval of convergence for this-example-1
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The ratio or root tests are the usual go-to methods.

By the ratio test, the series will converge if


\displaystyle\lim_(n\to\infty)\left|((n+1)!(4x-1)^(n+1))/(n!(4x-1)^n)\right|<1

The limit reduces to


|4x-1|\displaystyle\lim_(n\to\infty)|n+1|=\infty>1

which means the series diverges everywhere except the point
x=\frac14, where the series evaluates to 0. So because the series diverges, the interval of convergence is a single point, and so the radius of convergence is 0.
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