University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.1 - Sequences - Exercises - Page 490: 130

Answer

Proof given below.

Work Step by Step

Let $\{a_{n}\}$ converge to the limit $L.$ Given a positive value $\epsilon$, we observe $\epsilon/2$, for which, by definition of limits, there exists an $N$ such that $ m \gt N\displaystyle \quad \Rightarrow \quad |a_{m}-L| \lt \frac{\epsilon}{2}\quad$ and $n \gt N\displaystyle \quad \Rightarrow \quad |a_{n}-L| \lt \frac{\epsilon}{2}$ $|a_{m}-a_{n}| =|(a_{m}-L)+(L-a_{n})|\leq|(a_{m}-L)|+|(L-a_{n})|$ so, if $m\gt N$ and $n\gt N.$ $|a_{m}-a_{n}| \lt \displaystyle \frac{\epsilon}{2}+\frac{\epsilon}{2}=\epsilon$ The practical meaning of this result is that, given an arbitrarily small positive number $\epsilon$, there is an index N after which the distance between any two terms that follow, is less than $\epsilon$. Proof given below.
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