A Beautiful Problems -

1 > Prove that if " an " is a sequence of real numbers such that ,

" lim ( n → ∞ ) [ an ] = x "

then , " lim ( n → ∞ ) [ a1 + a2 + ...........ann ] = x " also .

Source - Michael Spivak

7 Answers

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Hari Shankar ·

I hope [] does not mean we are taking integral part of x

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Ricky ·

No Sir , of course not .

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Hari Shankar ·

Ok.

Since \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} a_n = x, given any infintesimal ε there exists a

natural number N such |a_n-x|<\epsilon for all n>N

i.e. x-\epsilon<a_n<x+\epsilon for all n>N

So, we have\frac{a_1+a_2+...+a_n}{n} = \frac{a_1+a_2+...+a_N}{n} + \frac{a_{N+1}+a_{N+2}+...+a_n}{n}

< \frac{k}{n}+\frac{(n-N)(x+\epsilon)}{n}

With a similar working we obtain the lower bound \frac{k}{n}+\frac{(n-N)(x-\epsilon)}{n}

Thus the limit of the expression is bounded by x- \epsilon,x+ \epsilon for any arbitrary ε

In other words the limit of the expression is also x.

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Ricky ·

Time to close another " flop - show " thread by posting my " useless " solution .

Let , " c n , d n ( n ≥ 1 ) , " be two sequenses of real numbers , and

c n = a 1 + a 2 + ....................a n

d n = n

Obviously , lim [ n → ∞ ] ( c n - c n - 1d n - dn - 1 ) = x

By Cesaro - Stolz theorem , lim [ n → ∞ ] ( c nd n ) = x

which is precisely what we had to prove .

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EmInEm ·

limn→∞ a1 + a2+....ann = limn→∞a1 + a2+....an-1n-1

let S = a1+a2...an-1

so limn→∞ S + ann=Sn-1

so limn→∞ S = (n-1)an

so limn→∞ S+ann = limn→∞ an = x

"Time to close another " flop - show " thread by posting my " useless " solution . "

you are made to say that simply because things like "Cesaro - Stolz theorem" and all arent in jee syllabus. Btw its good that you post good questions, but problem is that they arent jee syllabus , and hence most people here wont touch your problem as most of them( I for one) dont know even the C of "Cesaro - Stolz theorem". Now someone will pop up and say that some of these problems can be solved by using methods in jee syllabus, i agree, but some problems are of the type that jee never asks .

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Ricky ·

Yeah , I guess so . Thanks anyway for informing me of my " wrongdoings " - :)

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EmInEm ·

no these are not your wrong doings, but actual fact is that you are way above our level ( or most of us' ) [6]

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