Monday, 28 July 2014

sequences and series - If a1+2a2,a2+2a3,a3+2a4dots converges, prove a1,a2,dots converges


Let a1,a2, be a sequence of real numbers such that the
sequence a1+2a2,a2+2a3,a3+2a4 converges. Prove
that the sequence a1,a2, must also converge.





I tried rewriting the a sequence in terms of the first convergent sequence. Letting b1=a1+2a2, b2=a2+2a3, b3=a3+2a4,

we have a2=b1a12,

a3=b2a22=2b2b1+a14,

a4=b3a32=4b32b2+b1a18,



I have no experience in analysis so I tried using only the definition of convergence and limnan. My definition of convergence is for any ϵ>0 there exists N such that |bnc|<ϵ for nN. However even though I can get a magnitude bound on the alternating sum of b1,b2,, I'm still unsure of how to deal with the finitely many b1,,bN1 that aren't within ϵ of c. I think Cauchy sequences might help but I have no experience with them either.

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