Tuesday, July 19, 2016

calculus - A Proof for a Sequence Convergence

Here's my question to prove:




Define an to be a sequence such that:




a1=32


an+1=32an





Prove that an is convergent and calculate its limit.




Solution




Prove by induction that an is monotonic increasing:






  • For n=2, a2=343=53>12

  • Assume that an>an1

  • For n=k+1: 32an(32an1)=2an+2an1>0

    , since $a_{n-1}\frac{2}{a_n}$


  • Therefore, the sequence is monotonic increasing.





Prove that 2 is an upper bound of the sequence. Therefore, it is monotonic increasing and bounded, thus convergent (induction).





Now I think that limnan=2, and I want to prove it with the squeeze theorem.



Is my solution, correct?



Is there a way to find supremum here?



Thanks,



Alan

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