# Power Series Ratio Test

Last time ive checked the ratio test was limit to infinity of a+1 / a

However, Ive approached a good amount of question that uses the inverse of that formula such as the following given below. Anyone want to explain why they inverted it?

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It immediately gives you the radius of convergence. If you applied the Ratio Test proper, you'd be lead to solving the equation $|x-1|\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}{|c_{n+1}|\over |c_n|}<1$. – David Mitra Feb 11 '13 at 19:33

$\frac{|a_{n+1}|}{|a_n|}$ converges to something smaller than $1$ exactly when $\frac{|a_n|}{|a_{n+1}|}$ converges to something larger than $1$ (or to +infinity).
It is not ratio test. Here you are using ratio test however, that's not all. R is the radius of convergence. So let's say the series is $c_k(x-a)^k$ After you perform ratio test, you get $\lim {c_{n+1}\over c_n}(x-a)$. In order for the series to converge, this must be less than 1, so you get the invert. So basically it comes from the definition of radius of convergence.