Investigate the convergence or divergence of the sequence a1=c,a2=c+a1,an+1=c+an,c>0. I proved it is increasing. But...
oliviayychengwh
Answered question
2022-01-15
Investigate the convergence or divergence of the sequence
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I proved it is increasing. But I could not prove it is bounded above or unbounded. I guess it is divergence sequence. How can I do this?
Answer & Explanation
Medicim6
Beginner2022-01-16Added 33 answers
Claim: is increasing and bounded above by . Also Proof: By induction on . . Assume , we show . But by the inductive step. So by induction . We show that by induction also. For If , we're done since . Otherwise, , and squaring both sides: is clearly true. Thus . Assume , you have which is true by inductive step. So . Thus the claim is verified. This follows that the limit exists and call it M. Then Since
Wendy Boykin
Beginner2022-01-17Added 35 answers
First, you need to study the fixed points of the function
as only these can be the limit of the sequence
Solving , we find
The sequence starts at and is nonnegative, so the only possible candidate for the limit is
Now, we need to prove that if .
Thus, the sequence is bounded from above by y and is increasing. As y is the only possible limit, it converges to y.