TITLE: If the sum of the tail of a series goes to $0$, must the series converge?
QUESTION [8 upvotes]: Suppose $\{a_n\}$ is a sequence of positive terms.
It is a well known result that if the series $\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} a_k$ converges then $\displaystyle \lim_{m \rightarrow \infty} \displaystyle \sum_{k=m}^{\infty} a_k=0 $. 
Is the converse true?
That is, is it true that if the tail of a series goes to zero, then the series must converge?
My thoughts: 
If we let $S_n=\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{n} a_k$, then clearly $S_n$ is an increasing sequence, and for $n > m$ , we have $S_n - S_m = \displaystyle \sum_{k=m+1}^{n} a_k $
Then we want to show that if $\displaystyle \lim_{m\rightarrow \infty} (\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} S_n - S_m ) = 0$ (or just if it exists) then $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} S_n < \infty$. 
Note that since $S_n$ is increasing, it is enough to show that it is bounded.
I tried to show this by definition, but my issue is that I am not sure how to deal with that double limit. 
Any help would be really appreciate it. 
Thanks!

REPLY [3 votes]: Here is D. Brogan's and Mohammad Riazi-Kermani's proof written out with all the details I think are necessary.
Since $\displaystyle\lim_{m\to\infty}\sum_{n=m}^\infty a_n=0$, there is an $M$ such that $\displaystyle\sum_{n=M}^\infty a_n$ is finite, say it's equal to $\tilde L$. For $k\geq M$ let $\displaystyle\tilde S_k=\sum_{n=M}^k a_n$. Then we have, for $k\geq M$, $\displaystyle S_k=\sum_{n=1}^{M-1}a_n+\tilde S_k$. The right hand side is a sum of a constant and a convergent sequence, hence $S_k$ is also a convergent sequence, i.e. the original sum converges.