Calculus 10th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Inifnite Series - 9.1 Exercises - Page 592: 35

Answer

The sequence converges, $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_{n}=0$

Work Step by Step

Th.9.1: "Let $L$ be a real number. Let $f$ be a function of a real variable such that $\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}f(x)=L$. If $\{a_{n}\}$ is a sequence such that $f(n)=a_{n}$ for every positive integer $n$, then $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_{n}=L$. " ------------- We define $f(x)=\displaystyle \frac{\ln(x^{3})}{2x}$, for which$ f(n)=a_{n}$ and $\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}f(x)$ is of the form $\displaystyle \frac{\infty}{\infty}$, found by L'Hopital's rule, $[\ln(x^{3})]^{\prime}=$ ...chain rule...$ =\displaystyle \frac{1}{x^{3}}\cdot 3x^{2}=\frac{3}{x}$ $[2x]^{\prime}=2$ $\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}f(x)=\frac{3}{2x}=$ --- when $ x\rightarrow\infty$, the numerator is constant and the denominator is very large, so $\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}f(x)=0$ Thus, $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_{n}=\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}f(x)=0$.
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