Thursday, 8 May 2014

calculus - convergence of $a_n$ knowing that $a_n^n$ converges



One can prove the following statement:



Let
$(1) a_1, a_2, a_3, ... a_n, ...$
be a sequence of non-negative numbers.
Let also $k>1$ be an integer.




If the sequence
$(2) a_1^k, a_2^k, a_3^k, ... a_n^k, ...$
converges and its limit is $a$, then the sequence (1) also converges and its limit is $\sqrt[k]{a}$.



But what if instead of (2) we know that the sequence
$(3) a_1^1, a_2^2, a_3^3, ... a_n^n, ...$
converges and its limit is b. Can we then state something about (1), and about its convergence, and possibly about its limit (if such a limit exists)?


Answer



Take $(a_n)$ defined by :



$a_n = 0$ if n is even.



$a_n = \frac{1}{2}$ if n is odd.




This sequence satisfies (3) but it does not converge.


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