Use mode=missing_limit and positive integer scale=16. Give (mode, scale, series_or_ratio_description, scope_or_obstruction, method_application_claim).
G001 — Use mode=missing_limit and positive integer scale=16. Give (mode, scale, series_or_ratio_description, scope_or_obstruction, method_application_claim).
Definition and scope
The ratio test needs an eventually nonzero tail, absolute ratios and an existing limit. Boundary items name the failed hypothesis without deciding the series.
Identify the failing hypothesis instead of declaring every boundary case divergent.
Step identifiers and dependencies
Rule: ratio_hypothesis_audit · Uses: G001
S002 · implies
Before
absolute ratios alternate
After
one subsequence=1/17; another=17
Conditions: none
Two constant subsequences have different limits.
Step identifiers and dependencies
Rule: two_ratio_subsequences · Uses: G001, S001
S003 · implies
Before
1/17≠17
After
no absolute-ratio limit exists
Conditions: none
Neither one subsequence nor an average can stand in for the required limit.
Step identifiers and dependencies
Rule: nonexistent_ratio_limit · Uses: G001, S002
S004 · implies
Before
missing or misused premise
After
this attempted test is not licensed
Conditions: none
Retain the original boundary verdict without adding an unsupported general convergence conclusion.
Step identifiers and dependencies
Rule: boundary_verdict · Uses: G001, S003
Reverse checks
S004 · premise_and_result_audit — Finite checks do not prove an infinite tail; retain this step's quantifiers, nonzero denominators and absolute values.
S003 · premise_and_result_audit — Finite checks do not prove an infinite tail; retain this step's quantifiers, nonzero denominators and absolute values.
S002 · premise_and_result_audit — Finite checks do not prove an infinite tail; retain this step's quantifiers, nonzero denominators and absolute values.
S001 · premise_and_result_audit — Finite checks do not prove an infinite tail; retain this step's quantifiers, nonzero denominators and absolute values.
The full substitutions and premise audits recover the original answer, retaining its field order and verdict meanings.
This question review and source binding
Review date: 2026-10-26
Original questions, answers, step expressions, numeric ASTs and historical records are retained. Source candidate labels remain historical and are not overwritten as formal proof.