Saturday, 2 August 2014

real analysis - Show that the sequence converges to 0



Given a sequence {(1)nn} show directly from the definition that it converges to 0.




Definition of convergence of a sequence is:




A sequence {pn} converges if for every ϵ>0 there exists an NN so that nNd(pn,p)<ϵ




My approach



What we want to show is:





For every ϵ>0 there exists an NN so that
nNd((1)nn,0)<ϵ




After this step the solution I have stops making sense




Take N so large that N>2ϵ. (No idea why 2 is chosen?

And why this works) Then nN|(1)nn|<2n<2N<ϵ (No idea why this is true or logically progresses)




Edit:



It could be 2/n because |(1)nn|=|1n| we need at least 2 so that |1n|<2/n


Answer



The inequalities in the last step are simple to explain. First of all, you have the inequality |(1)nn|<2n.
This is quite a simple inequality, since you should know that |(1)nn|=1n and since 1n>0, it is clear that 2n>1n.




The second inequality is also simple, that is, 2n2N. (yes, there should be a sign. This follows from the fact that nN, meaning that 1n1N (since in 1n, you are dividing 1 by a larger number).



The third inequality, 2N<ϵ, comes directly from N>2ϵ (just multiply the inequality by ϵ and divide by N.


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