Given that
limn→∞n(bnbn+1−1)=λ>0,
show that
∑∞n=1(−1)nbn(bn>0)
converges.
Using the definition of limit of sequence, I can prove that {bn} is monotonically decreasing when n is large enough. But how to prove limn→∞bn=0?
Answer
Given 0<r<λ, there exists N such that if n⩾ we have
n \left(\frac{b_n}{b_{n+1}}-1 \right)> r \\ \implies \frac{b_n}{b_{n+1}} > 1 + \frac{r}{n}.
Hence for all m > N it follows that
\frac{b_N}{b_m} > \prod_{k=N}^{m-1}\left(1 + \frac{r}{k} \right).
The infinite product on the RHS diverges to + \infty as m \to \infty since \sum 1/k diverges. Therefore, b_m converges to 0.
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