Why do these two series result in different answers by ratio test?

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The series $\sum_{1}^{\infty}\frac{2k!}{(k!)^2}$ = 4 diverges by the ratio test.

$\sum_{1}^{\infty}\frac{2k!}{(k!)^2} = (2) \sum_{1}^{\infty}\frac{k!}{(k!)^2} = (2)\sum_{1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{(k!)}$

Is this very bad algebra? When I compute the series $(2)\sum_{1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{k!}$ = 0 converges by the ratio test.