M102 ASSIGNMENT IV A.

Mookerjee

1. If q and q 0 are rational numbers and a is a positive real number, show that (a)ax ·ay =
ax+y and (b) (ax )y = ax·y
Let (xn ) be a sequence of rational numbers such that limn→∞ xn = 0, show that
for a(> 0) ∈ <
lim axn = 1
n→∞

2. Show that the sequence (xn ) with x ∈ < is convergent if and only if −1 < x ≤ 1

3. Show that
lim n1/n = 1
n→∞

4. If (an ) with a ∈ < is a sequence. Show that

an+1
lim = ` |`| < 1 ⇒ limn→∞ an = 0
n→∞ an
Hence show that lim(xn /n!) = 0 for any x ∈ <.

5. If the sequences (an ) and (bn ) tend to 0 and if the latter is a strictly monotonic
decreasing sequence of positive real numbers, then
an an − an+1
lim = n→∞
lim
n→∞ bn bn − bn+1

Provided the right hand side exists.

6. (an ) iis any sequence and (bn ) is a strictly monotonic increasing sequence of real
numbers and bn → ∞, then
an an − an+1
lim = lim
n→∞ bn n→∞ b − b
n n+1

Provided the right hand side exists.

7. If lim an = ` then
a1 + a 2 + . . . + a n
lim = `
n→∞ n

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8. If xn > 0 and xn+1 = (xn + xn−1 )/2, then show that the sequence (x2n+1 ) is a
decreasing and (x2n ) is an ncreasing sequence and they both coverge to the same
limit (x1 + 2x2 )/3
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9. If k, a1 > 0 and an+1 = k + an show that the sequence (an ) increases or decreases
acording to whether a1 is less than or greater than the positive root of x2 −x−k = 0.
In either case this root is its limit.