Assignment

September 12, 2014

1. Let =

n=1
x
n
be a convergent series. Consider R
n
=
k>n
x
k
= x
n+1
+ . . ..
What can you tell about lim
n
R
n
? Does it exist, depend on ?
2. Check the convergence
a)
n+1
2
n
.
b)
n!
n
n
.
c)
n
2
2
n
.
d)
1

n/(n+1)
.
e)
2
n
n!
n
n
.
f)
3
n
n!
n
n
.
g)
n!
3
n
.
3. x
n
y
n
z
n
.
lim
n
x
n
= lim
n
z
n
= A lim
n
y
n
= A.
4. Given an R\ Q, there exists a sequene {a
0
, a
1
, a
2
, . . . , a
n
, . . .} such that,
= a
0
+

k=1
a
k
10
k
; 0 a
k
9.
Prove that the representation is unique. That is,
= b
0
+

k=1
b
k
10
k
,
then a
k
= b
k
, k. What about the rational numbers?
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