According to the quotient rule, if lim, then the sequence (a_n) must be monotonically decreasing (definitively) and converge to 0. If the limit is greater than 1, then the sequence must be monotonically increasing and diverge.
I can't understand why the limit would ever be different than 1, since if a_n converges to l, then any subsequence of said sequence is also convergent and converges to the same limit l. Consequently, both (a_n) and (a_{n+1}) converge to the same limit, and here lies the crux of my question: why can \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n} \neq 1 if both sequences converge to the same limit l?
Please anyone shed some light on this as I really can't wrap my head around it.
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