Homework Set 1: Sequences of real numbers

October 13, 2007

Find the limit of the following sequences:
1.
an =

3n + 1
;
2n2 + 5n

2.
an =

3n

bn =

4
;
+1

3n2 + 4n
;
2n 1

bn =

2n + 3
;
5n 1

cn =

4n2 + 2n 1
5n2 + 10n

cn =

5n 2
3n + 1

3.
an =

n2 3n + 2 n2 + 2n + 1;

bn =

cn = 4n + 3 4n 2;
4.
an =
5.

2+

3
n

2n 1 n + 2;

dn =
2

n2 3n + 2
n

n
bn = 5 + n4

n2 3
bn =
;
2n3 + 1

n+2
an =
;
n3 + 4
n2 2n 1
cn =
;
4n4 3n3

dn = n3

n2 + 1

6.

an = 1 +

4
n2

5n2 +2n

an =

3n + 4 5n 6 7n
;
2n + 3 4n + 5 7n

7.

bn =

2
n +2
n 2 3n3 + 4n
;
n+3

bn =

cn =

2n + 3 4n 5 6n
4n 2 5n + 7n

n2 + 2n
n2 3n + 2
n
n2 + 4n + 4


3n + 4n
cn = 1 + 3 + 32 + ... + 3n
;
5n

dn =

n
1
1 (1) + 4n
1
1 + + 2 + ... + n
3 3
3
2 4n

8.
an =

n3 + 2n n + 2 n 1 ;

bn =

n2 + 1 n2 + 2n n2 3n

9.

an =

s
n

(n + 1)!
;
(2n + 1)!3n

bn =

s
n

1+

((n + 1)!)
;
(2n + 1)!3n

1
1
1 + + ... +
n
2
;
dn =
n

cn =

1
1
+ ... +
2
n;
n

1
1
1
+
+ ... +
ln n
en = ln 2 ln 3 2
n