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Mathematics 1

This document contains 9 questions about analyzing sequences and determining whether they converge to a limit. Some of the questions ask to prove properties of convergent sequences, like uniqueness of the limit. Others ask to analyze specific sequences and determine if they converge, finding the limit if so. The sequences include ones with alternating terms, positive terms, square roots, factorials, and trigonometric functions.

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Mathematics 1

This document contains 9 questions about analyzing sequences and determining whether they converge to a limit. Some of the questions ask to prove properties of convergent sequences, like uniqueness of the limit. Others ask to analyze specific sequences and determine if they converge, finding the limit if so. The sequences include ones with alternating terms, positive terms, square roots, factorials, and trigonometric functions.

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National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Department of Mathematics

MA-1001 Sequences Assignment-1

1. Show that limit of a convergent sequence is unique. That is, show that if L1 and L2

are numbers such that an → L1 and an → L2 , then L1 = L2 .

2. Show that if a2k → L and a2k+1 → L, then an → L.

3. Let {xn } be a sequence of strictly positive real numbers such that lim xxn+1
n
= L.

Show that if L < 1 then lim xn = 0 and if L > 1 then lim xn = ∞.

4. Investigate whether the following sequences have limits as n → ∞ and if so give the

limits

(a) xn = 1
12 +1
+ 1
22 +1
+ 1
32 +1
+ ··· + 1
n2 +1
n2 n2 n2 n2
(b) xn = n3 +n+1
+ n3 +n+2
+ n3 +n+3
+ ··· + n3 +2n

(c) an = n
3 − [ n3 ]
1−2+3−4···+(−1)n+1 .n
(d) xn = n
√ √
(e) x1 = 2 and xn = 2 + xn−1 for n > 1
n
(f ) x1 = 1 and xn = ( n+1 )x2n for n > 1
n2
(g) an = 2n+1 sin n1
1
(h) an = (3n + 5n ) n

5. Prove that

(b) lim xn = 0 if |x| < 1


n→∞
1
(c) lim n n = 1
n→∞
1
(d) lim x n = 1 if x > 0
n→∞

6. Show that the sequence xn = (1 + n1 )n is monotonic increasing and bounded above.

√
7. Let x1 = 1 and xn+1 = 1 + xn for all n ∈ N. Examine whether the sequence {xn }

is convergent. Also. find the limit if it is convergent.

8. Let x1 = 4 and xn+1 = 3 − 2


xn for all n ∈ N. Examine whether the sequence {xn } is

convergent. Also. find the limit if it is convergent.

αn
9. Show that for any α > 0, limn→∞ n! =0

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