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Sum of cos^2/n^2+1 from 1 to infinity, converges or diverges?

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-1\le \cos x\le1\implies 0\le \cos^2x\le1

\implies\displaystyle\sum_(n=1)^\infty (\cos^2n)/(n^2+1)\le\sum_(n=1)^\infty \frac1{n^2+1}<\sum_(n=1)^\infty\frac1{n^2}

so the series converges by comparison, as
\sum\frac1{n^2} is known to converge.
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