Prove that if (an) converges and |an−nbn|<2 for all n∈N+ then (bn) converges.
Is the following proof valid?
Proof
Since (an) converges, (an) must be bounded, i.e. ∃M∈R+ such that for each n∈N+, we have |an|<M.
Now, by the triangle inequality, |nbn| = |nbn−an+an|≤|nbn−an|+|an|<2+M.
Hence, |bn−0|<2+Mn.
Let ϵ>0 be given, and by the Archimedean Property of R, we can choose K∈N+ such that K>2+Mϵ.
Then, n≥K⟹n>2+Mϵ⟹|bn−0|<ϵ.
Therefore (bn) converges, and its limit is 0.
Answer
Your proof is correct. In fact, once you have |bn|<M+2n
it is clear that since the numerator is bounded one can make the right hand side <ϵ for arbitrarily small ϵ>0.
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