Q. Let a real valued sequence {xn } be such that limn→∞ nxn = 0.

Find all
possible real values of t such that limn→∞ xn (log n)t = 0.

Ans:: Given that limn→∞ nxn = 0. This implies that for any ϵ > 0, there
exists N1 ∈ N such that for all n > N1 , we have |nxn | < ϵ.
We need to consider limn→∞ xn (log n)t = 0. For this limit to approach zero,
we need (log n)t to approach zero as n → ∞.
Consider two cases:
If t ≤ 1: In this case, for all ϵ > 0, there exists N1 ∈ N such that for all
n > N1 , we have |(log n)t xn | < | log nxn | ≤ |nxn | < ϵ.
If t > 1: In this case, as n → ∞, (log n)t → ∞. Therefore, for xn (log n)t
to approach zero, we need xn to approach zero faster than (log n)t tends to ∞.
This implies xn (log n)−t should be bounded for sufficiently large n.
Hence, the possible real values of t such that limn→∞ xn (log n)t = 0 are
t ≤ 1.