TITLE: Exercise on infinite series: pointwise product between convergent serie and unbounded sequence
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: I am not able to solve this exercise. I've tried everything.

Exercise Let be $a_n > 0$ a sequence and suppose that $\sum a_n$ converges. Prove that exists a sequence $c_n > 0$ such that $\lim c_n = \infty$ and $\sum c_na_n < \infty$

I don't even know if I have to find an "always-valid" closed form for $c_n$ (maybe in function of $a_n$?) or prove its existence in another way.
Thanks in advance.

REPLY [2 votes]: Hint: There exists a sequence of positive integers $n_1< n_2 < \cdots$ such that $\sum_{n=n_k}^{n_{k+1}-1} a_n <  1/2^k.$ Recall that $\sum_k k/2^k < \infty.$