> > < > (n + k) > = k : k > > n=1 ; converges to , where k ! n + k = (n + k)! : k n!k! We see that 1)( n+k k2) (n+1) k!(n +k) n!k1 o k n o (n+!(kn)!+ k) =n k (n+ k Now, let > be 1) ( n+k k (n+1) (n + k)k (n+1) k 1 given Choose N = Then, ) n k k! = < k!(n+k) k! = n+1 = n+1 N k k!(n+k1 k < k!(n+ k) k! k!(n+ k) k!(n+ k) < for all n n 30 Prove the following variation on Lemma 1.10 If fbng n=1 converges to B 6= and bn 6= for all n, then there is M > such that jbnj M for all n Choose M = jbnj =2 Then, the statement holds 31 Consider a sequence fang n=1 and, for each n, de ne a+a++a n= :n n 1 Prove that if fang n=1 converges to A, then f ng n=1 converges to A Give an 1 example in which f ng n=1 converges, but fang n=1 does not Let > be given There is an N1 such that jan Aj Let M = ja1 Aj + ja2 Aj + + jaN1 < for all n > N Aj Then, there is an N2 such that < for all n > N Let N = max(N ; N ) Then, a1+a2+ + an A=n M n a 2j n nA + +aN + +an 2+2= j of convergence, a n n < n A + +jaN Aj + jaN+1 Aj+ +jan Aj = M + jaN+1 Aj+ +jan Aj to show this would be to observe that by the de nition < for all n > N for some N Then, since nj 1)n Then, as we have seen before, a g Let a = ( 0: < a1 (A quicker way j n diverges, but a1+a2+ f n +a n n ! n 32 Find the limit of the sequences with general term as given: (a) n2+4 n (b) cos n n5 n sin n (c) pn CHAPTER SEQUENCES 19 n (d) n2 ( e) q n pn n1 n (f) ( 1) n+7 (a) p (b) (c) (d) 0 2n = n2 q (e) q 1 n n n = n n 4n = Thus, limit is (f) n2 n p 4n n+ 4n2 p 4n n p n2 2 33 Find the limit of the sequence in Exercise 23 when a0 = and a1 = You might want to look at Example 0.10 must be 2 2n ! n Example 0.10 says that limit 1.4 a +a n n = + Since Subsequences and Monotone Sequences 34 Find a convergent subsequence of the sequence 1 0, the CHAPTER SEQUENCES 20 ( 1)n n Let nk = 2n Then, the subsequence is n=1 n which converges to 35 Suppose x is an accumulation point of fan : n Ng Show that there is a subsequence of fang n=1 that converges to x Since x is an accumulation point, every neighborhood about x contains an in nity of fang Thus, let ank be a member of fan : n Ng \ x k ; x 1 + k Then, for any > 0, there is a K such that k < for all k > K Thus, ank ! x 36 Let fang n=1 be a bounded sequence of real numbers Prove that fang n=1 has a convergent subsequence Eitherfang has a nite number of values or fang has an in nite number of values For the former, there must be some value x for which there are in nitely many k such that ank = x Thus, ank ! x For the latter, the sequence is a bounded in nite set of real numbers, so by the Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem, an has a convergent subsequence 1 *37 Prove that if fang n=1 is decreasing and bounded, then fang n=1 converges Assume that fang attains an in nite number of values Suppose that inf an = > be given Then, there are a1 M intervals that sequence values M Let may fall Since this is a nite number and there are an in nite number of values, at least one region must contain an in nite number of function values Since the sequence is decreasing, the last region must contain an in nity of values; that is, an (M; M + ) for all n > N for some N Since was arbitrarily chosen, the proof is complete The case for when fang has only nitely many values is easy n 38 Prove that if c > 1, then f It is clear that f Also, pc n g pcgn1=1 converges to n pnc > is a monotone decreasing sequence c > 1, so by Theorem 1.16, c ! n+1 n pp pc Thus, CHAPTER SEQUENCES 21 1 *39 Suppose fxng n=1 converges to x0 and fyng n=1 converge to x0 De ne a sequence fzng n=1 as follows: z2n = xn and z2n = yn Prove that fzng n=1 converges to x0 Both subsequences of fzng converge to x0 Thus, by Theorem 1.14, zn ! x0 p 40 Show that the sequence de ned by a1 = and an = + an for n > is convergent and nd its limit p 2 To nd the limit L, set L = + L , L = + L , L L = The solutions are and The only solution that works is Thus, a ! We p p p n provepthat fan g is decreasing Since + an < + an and we know that an is decreasing, we see that the whole sequence is decreasing Also, square roots must be greater than 0, so the sequence is bounded Thus, the sequence is bounded below and decreasing and is thus convergent 41 Let fxng n=1 be a bounded sequence and let E be the set of subsequential limits of that sequence By Exercise 36, E is nonempty Prove that E is bounded and contains both sup E and inf E Since fxng is bounded (by M), its limit points must be such that they are within distance of some sequence values Thus, limit points must be within the same bounds as fxng or within distance of the boundary for any Thus, E is bounded (by, say M + 1) We must ensure that members of E not form a sequence themselves that converges to a non-limit point So, suppose there is a sequence feng of limit points Then, for every , there is an N such that jen xnj < for all n > N Thus, xn ! en Thus, all sequences of E converge in E ( since they are estimated by subsequences of fx ng Thus, sup E; inf E E 42 Let fxng n=1 be any sequence and T : N ! N be any 1-1 function Prove that if fxng1n=1 converges to x, then fxT (n)g1n=1 also converges to x Explain how this relates to subsequences De ne what one might call a \rearrangement" of a sequence What does the result imply about rearrangements of sequences? We see that fxT (n)g = fxn1 ; xn2 ; :::g and is a subsequence of fxng Since all subsequences converge, we must have xT (n) ! x Let T : N ! N be any 1-1 function and let fxng be a sequence Then, fxT (n)g is called a rearrangement The result implies that if fxng converges, then so does fxT (n)g for any T CHAPTER SEQUENCES 22 43 Assume a b Does the sequence f(a diverge? If the sequence converges, nd the limit n n 1=n + b ) g n=1 converge or The sequence does not converge in general For instance, if a = and b = n 1=n n 1, then the sequence becomes f[1 + ( 1) ] g Taking even indexes, the limit is 1, and taking odd indexes, the limit is Thus, not all subsequences converge to the same limit point, so the sequence is not convergent 44 Does the sequence P ) (k pk n=1 +n k=1 X diverge or converge? If the sequence converges, nd the limit k 1 1 k We see that > n=1 p k1 +k =pP n=1 p k k 2+ k k2+n < n=1 k =k = Also, n=1 p k2+n ! Thus, the sequence must converge to by theP P Squeeze Theorem (established in Exercise 9) *45 Show that if x is any real number, there is a sequence of rational numbers converging to x Let a0:a1a2 be the decimal expansion for x Then, de ne xn = a0:a1a2 an Then, xn Q for all n and xn ! x (for there exists an N for which xn can be within k 10 distance for any integer k and n > N) *46 Show that if x is any real number, there is a sequence of irrational numbers converging to x If x is already irrational, de ne x n x Clearly, xn ! x If x is rational, de ne x n = x + n Then, xn R n Q for all n and xn ! x CHAPTER SEQUENCES 22 47 Suppose that fang n=1 converges to A and that B is an accumulation point of fan : n Ng Prove that A = B 1 If B is an accumulation point, then B n ; B + n contains a member of fang for all n Thus, one can construct a subsequence of these members that converges to B, and since fang is convergent, we must have A = B Miscellaneous 1 48 Suppose that fang n=1 and fbng n=1 are two sequences of positive real numbers We say that an is O(bn) (read as \big oh" of bn) if there is an integer N and a real number M such that for n N, an M bn Prove that if fan=bng n=1 converges to L 6= 0, then an is O(bn) and bn is O(an) What can you say if L = 0? Illustrate with examples Since an=bn ! L, we guess that there is an N such that an (L + 1) bn for all n N We now prove this assertion First, for any > 0, there is an N for which an=bn (L ; L + ) for all n N Thus, for the same N, an (bn[L ]; bn[L + ]) Thus, an bn(L + 1) Thus, an is O(bn) if N is chosen to correspond to = Similarly, bn is O(an) If L = 0, then either n ! n a bounded For instance, n3 ! and LimitComparison Test and g f b n is bounded or b n ! 1= n 2+1=n and a fn g is = (This result is called the