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Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Department of Mathematics
Calculus- MA101
First Semester of Academic Year 2019-2020

Tutorial Sheet - 2 Date: August, 2019

1. For given sequences {an }n≥1 and {bn }n≥1 , prove or disprove the following :

(a) {an bn }n≥1 is convergent, if {an }n≥1 is convergent.


(b) {an bn }n≥1 is convergent, if {an }n≥1 is convergent and {bn }n≥1 is bounded.
n n2 + 3n + 5 o 1
2. Show that the sequence 2
converges to .
2n + 5n + 7 2
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3. Prove that lim = 0, if p > 0.
n→∞ np
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4. Show that lim (n) n = 1.
n→∞

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5. If xn > 0 for all n ∈ N, then prove that xn → ∞ as n → ∞ if and only if xn
→0
as n → ∞.

6. If an → a, bn → b and an ≤ bn ∀n ∈ N, then prove that a ≤ b.

7. Prove that the sequence {log n1 } diverges to −∞.


xn a
8. If lim xn = a and lim yn = b, yn 6= 0 ∀n and b 6= 0, then prove that lim = .
n→∞ n→∞ n→∞ yn b
n n! o
9. Prove that is a null sequence.
nn
10. Discuss the nature of the sequence {xn } for all x ∈ R.
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11. If r > 0, show that lim r n = 1.
n→∞

1 1 1
12. Prove that the sequence {xn }, where xn = n+1
+ n+2
+ ... + n+n
is convergent.

13. Prove that the sequence {xn } defined by xn = (1 + n1 )n is convergent.

14. Prove that the sequence {1 + (−1)n } oscillates finitely.


15. Prove that the following sequences are convergent by showing that they are mono-
tone and bounded. Also find their limits :
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(a) xn = 1 + 1!
+ 2!1 + ... + 1
n!
, for n ≥ 1
(b) xn = (1 + n3 )n , for n≥1
(c) x1 > 0 and xn+1 = 12 (un + 9
un
), for n ≥ 1

16. Prove that the sequence {xn } is divergent, where xn = 1 + 21 + 13 + . . . + n1 .

17. If xn = 1+ 21 + 31 +. . .+ n1 −log n, then prove that {xn } is a monotonically decreasing


and convergent sequence.

18. Using Squeeze theorem, prove that


1 1 1 
(a) lim + + . . . + =0
n→∞ n2 (n + 1)2 (n + n)2
 1 1 1 
(b) lim √ +√ + ... + √ =1
n→∞ n2 + 1 n2 + 2 n2 + n
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19. If xn = (an + bn ) n for all n ∈ N and 0 < a < b, then show that limn→∞ xn = b.

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