Thursday, April 7, 2016

sequences and series - Is this a proof rigorous enough? (Definition of the limit)




Prove that if a sequence cn converges to a limit L, then so does the same sequence with even n:



If limn cn=L then ϵ>0,N>0 such that n>N |cnL|<ϵ



If this is true, then it is true for all integer choices of n. So it is true for even n : n=2k, kN .



2k >N \implies |c_{2k}-L|<\epsilon



\therefore for all \epsilon>0,\exists M such that:




k>M \implies |c_{2k}-L|<\epsilon



\therefore \displaystyle{\lim_{n \to \infty}} c_{2n} = L


Answer



You did not explain why such M exists. It's not hard, though. You may take any natural number greater than or equal to \frac N2.


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