Wednesday, 11 June 2014

calculus - Prove bn is increasing and bounded above given an is increasing and bounded above.

If {an}, n1, is increasing and bounded above, then so is {bn}, n1, where bn=a1+a2+...+ann.




So far, I understand that for a sequence to be increasing, bn+1bn, but every time I try to algebraically manipulate this statement, I can't seem to prove that to be the case.



An attempt:



a1+a2+...+an+an+1n+1a1+a2+...+ann
na1+a2+...+ana1+a2+...+an+an+1n+11
nn+1+n(an+1)(n+1)(a1+a2+...+an)n+1n+1
n(an+1)(n+1)(a1+a2+...+an)1n+1
an+1a1+a2+...+ann




As for proving an upper bound exists, I am pretty stumped on how I could prove that for this situation.

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