Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Section 10.1 - Sequences - Exercises 10.1 - Page 571: 109

Answer

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Work Step by Step

Let $\{a_{n}\}, \{b_{n}\}$ and $\{c_{n}\}$ be such that there exists an N, for which $(n\gt N)\Rightarrow a_{n}\leq b_{n}\leq c_{n}$. Also, let $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_{n}=\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}c_{n}=L.$ Select a positive number $\epsilon$. $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_{n}=L$ means that there is an $N_{1}$ such that $(n\gt N_{1})\Rightarrow|L-a_{n}|\lt\epsilon$ That is, $ L-\epsilon\lt a_{n}\lt L+\epsilon$ $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}c_{n}=L$ means that there is an $N_{2}$ such that $(n\gt N_{2})\Rightarrow|L-c_{n}|\lt\epsilon$ That is, $ L-\epsilon\lt c_{n}\lt L+\epsilon$ So, if we take $M=\displaystyle \max\{N_{1},N_{2}\}$, we can say $L-\epsilon\lt a_{n}$ and $c_{n}\lt L+\epsilon\qquad(*).$ We have the hypothesis $a_{n}\leq b_{n}\leq c_{n}$ Applying (*), we can say that $ L-\epsilon\lt b_{n}\lt L+\epsilon$ that is, for any chosen positive number $\epsilon$, there exists a M such that $n\gt M\Rightarrow|L-b_{n}|\lt\epsilon.$ By definition, $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}b_{n}=L.$
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