Monday, 25 February 2013

complex numbers - How can I compute the limit of this sequence: sqrt[n]sinn?



I need to calculate the limit of the following sequence:



lim



where the n-th root of a negative number is defined as the principal complex root.



I suspect the answer to be 1, but I do not know how to prove it.


Answer




The problem boils down to proving that \sin(n) cannot be too close to zero for small values of n.



We know that \pi is a trascendental number with a finite irrationality measure. In particular, the inequality
\left| \pi-\frac{p}{q}\right| \leq \frac{1}{q^{10}}
may hold only for a finite number of rational numbers \frac{p}{q}, hence (since \left|\sin x\right|\geq K\left|x-k\pi\right| when x is close to k\pi, thanks to Adayah) in the general case \left|\sin(n)\right| is greater than \frac{C}{n^9} for some constant C. That is enough to ensure that the wanted limit is 1 by squeezing.


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