Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Section 10.1 - Sequences - Exercises 10.1 - Page 571: 126

Answer

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Work Step by Step

If we are given an $\epsilon\gt 0$, we want to find an N such that, for $n\gt N,$ $|(1-\displaystyle \frac{1}{n})-1|\lt \epsilon.$ \begin{align*} |(1-\displaystyle \frac{1}{n^{2}})-1|&=|-\displaystyle \frac{1}{n^{2}}| \\ & =\displaystyle \frac{1}{n^{2}}\lt \epsilon\\ & \text{... so, we take}\\ N^{2}&\displaystyle \gt\frac{1}{\epsilon} \\ N&\displaystyle \gt\frac{1}{\sqrt{\epsilon}} \end{align*} Since for any $\epsilon\gt 0$, we can find N= any integer greater than $\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{\epsilon}}$, by the definition, $\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}(1-\frac{1}{n})=1$
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