Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH220/December 2010/Question 10 (b)
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Question 10 (b) |
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Let . Prove, using the definition of convergence, that |
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Hint 1 |
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Remember here that k and l are fixed in this problem. We want to know what happens as n tends to infinity. |
Hint 2 |
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The definition of convergence is the following: A sequence of positive numbers converges to 0 if for all there exists a natural number n such that for all natural numbers you have that . |
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Solution |
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Please rate my easiness! It's quick and helps everyone guide their studies. Let be the sequence defined by . Recall that a sequence of positive numbers converges to 0 if for all there exists a natural number n such that for all natural numbers you have that . Pick an . Then choose n a natural number so large such that . Then for all , we have that
Hence
and thus the sequence converges to 0. |