01 - HW Sequences Problems
01 - HW Sequences Problems
0 ∞
, , ∞ − ∞, 0 ⋅ ∞,1∞ , 00 , ∞0 indeterminate
0 ∞
1 1 1 ∞ 0
= 0, = ∞, − = −∞, (0+ )∞ = 0, + = ∞, = 0, ∞−∞ = 0
±∞ 0 + 0 0 ∞
𝑛
𝑘 > 2𝑎 > 2: ln 𝑥 ≺ 𝑛 ≺ 𝑛2 ≺ ⋯ ≺ 𝑛𝑘 ≺ ⋯ ≺ 2𝑛 ≺ ⋯ < 𝑎𝑛 ≺ ⋯ < 𝑛! ≺ 𝑛𝑛 ≺ 𝑛𝑛 ≺ ⋯
Types of limits which you should be able to compute "in your head":
5
3𝑛2 − 5 𝑛2 (3 − 2 ) 3 1 1
𝑖) lim = lim 𝑛 = ,because lim = 0; lim = 0,
𝑛→∞ 2𝑛2 + 7𝑛 − 1 𝑛→∞ 2 7 1 2 𝑛→∞ 𝑛2 𝑛→∞ 𝑛
𝑛 (2 + 𝑛 − 2 )
𝑛
3 1 4
3𝑛3 − 𝑛 + 4 𝑛 4 (𝑛 − 3 + 4 )
𝑖𝑖) lim 4 = lim 𝑛 𝑛 =0
𝑛→∞ 𝑛 + 5𝑛3 − 1 𝑛→∞ 4 5 1
𝑛 (1 + 𝑛 − 4 )
𝑛
1 2
2𝑛3 + 𝑛2 − 𝑛 − 2 𝑛2 (2𝑛 + 1 − 𝑛 − 2 )
𝑖𝑖𝑖) lim = lim 𝑛 =∞
𝑛→∞ 2
5𝑛 − 𝑛 + 1 𝑛→∞ 1 1
𝑛2 (5 − 𝑛 + 2 )
𝑛
𝑛+2 𝑛+2
𝑖𝑣) lim = lim =
𝑛→∞ (𝑛
+ 3)(2𝑛 + 3)(4𝑛 − 5) 𝑛→∞ 3 3 5
𝑛 (1 + 𝑛) 𝑛 (2 + 𝑛) 𝑛 (4 − 𝑛)
1 2
𝑛+2 𝑛3 ( 2 + 3 )
= lim = lim 𝑛 𝑛 =0
𝑛→∞ 3 3 3 5 𝑛→∞ 3 3 3 5
𝑛 (1 + 𝑛) (2 + 𝑛) (4 − 𝑛) 𝑛 (1 + 𝑛) (2 + 𝑛) (4 − 𝑛)
1
PROBLEMS
For the next sequences write an expression for the most apparent 𝑛 − 𝑡ℎ term of the sequence
1 2 1 2
𝑔)1, 4, 7, 10, 13, … .ℎ)3, 7, 11, 15, 19, … 𝑖)2, , , , , …
2 9 8 25
1 1 1 1 1 1 3 7 15 31
𝑗) , − , , − , , … 𝑘)1 + , 1 + , 1 + , 1 + ,1 + , …
2 4 8 16 32 2 4 8 16 32
1. Find the limits
3𝑘 1000 + 4𝑘 97 + 97𝑘 4 √𝑛2 + 𝑛 + 𝑛 𝑛−1
𝑎) lim 𝑏) lim 𝑐) lim arcsin (ln (𝑒 𝑛+1 ))
𝑘→∞ 4𝑘 9997 + 97𝑘 4 𝑛→∞ √𝑛 + 1 + 1 𝑛→∞
arctan(𝑛!) 3𝑛
𝑑) lim 𝑒) lim √𝑘 + 1 − √𝑘 − 1 𝑓) lim
𝑛→∞ 𝑛+1 𝑘→∞ 𝑛→∞ √𝑛 − 𝑛 − √𝑛 2 + 𝑛
2
√1 + 4𝑛2 − √1 + 9𝑛2
𝑎) lim √𝑙(√𝑙 + 1 + √𝑙) 𝑏) lim 𝑐) lim (7𝑘 − 6𝑘 − 5𝑘 )
𝑙→∞ 𝑛→∞ 2𝑛 𝑘→∞
3
4 5
2𝑛 + 3𝑛2
𝑗) lim (ln(2𝑛 − 2𝑛 + 1) − ln(𝑛 − 2𝑛 + 1)) 𝑘) lim 2
𝑛→∞ 𝑛→∞
(𝑛 + 2√𝑛)
2
3. Use the Squeeze Principle to find the limits
𝑛
√4𝑛 + 5𝑛 𝑛 𝑘
𝑎) lim 𝑛 𝑏) lim √5𝑛+2 + 23𝑛−1 + 3𝑛+2 𝑐) lim √𝑘 2 + 𝑘
𝑛→∞ √ 6𝑛 + 7𝑛 𝑛→∞ 𝑘→∞
𝑛+1 𝑛+1
𝑗) lim (𝑛2 + 2𝑛 cos 𝑛)𝑘 ∗ ) lim √3𝑛 + 4𝑛+1 𝑙 ∗ ) lim √2𝑛 + 3
𝑛→∞ 𝑛→∞ 𝑛→∞
2𝑛 𝑛
𝑚) lim √32𝑛−1 + 𝑛2 𝑛) lim √4𝑛+1 + cos(𝑛4 + 3𝑛!) 𝑜) lim √𝑛 ⋅ (25𝑛 + 5 )
𝑛 𝑛
𝑛→∞ 𝑛→∞ 𝑛→∞
∗
1 𝑛
𝑔) lim (0.99 + )
𝑛→∞ 𝑛