Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.1 Exercises - Page 593: 76

Answer

$a_1=\left(1+\frac{1}{1}\right)^1=2$ $a_2=\left(1+\frac{1}{2}\right)^2=2.25$ $a_3=\left(1+\frac{1}{3}\right)^3=2.37$ $a_4=\left(1+\frac{1}{4}\right)^4=2.441$ $a_5=\left(1+\frac{1}{5}\right)^5=2.488$ $a_6=\left(1+\frac{1}{6}\right)^6=2.522$ The sequence converges and it converges to e(=2.718..).

Work Step by Step

$\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^n =e^{ \lim\limits_{n \to \infty}n \ln(1+\frac{1}{n})}$ Let's first calculate $ \lim\limits_{n \to \infty}n \ln(1+\frac{1}{n})= \lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \frac{\ln(1+\frac{1}{n}) }{1/n} = \lim\limits_{n \to 0}\frac{\ln(1+n)}{n}$ By L'Hospital's rule, this limit is equal to $\lim\limits_{n \to 0} \frac{{1}/{(1+n)}}{1} = 1$ Therefore, the limit $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} S_n = e^{ \lim\limits_{n \to \infty}n \ln(1+\frac{1}{n})} = e^1 =e $
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