Transcription of Sequences and Series
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Chapter 2 Sequences and The Limit of a SequenceDefinition a function whose domain this function is denoted byf, then the valuesf(n) (n N) determine the sequence uniquely, and vise-versa. Therefore,a sequence is usually denoted by(a1,a2,a3,a4, ) or (an) n=1,wherean=f(n) forn this course we only study Sequences of real numbers; namely functionsf:N of the following are common ways to describe a sequence .(i) (1,12,13,14, ),(ii) (nn+1) n=1,(iii) (an), wherean= 2nfor alln N,(iv) (xn), wherex1= 2 andxn+1=xn+12. This is the induction way or recursion wayto define a the difference between a sequence (an) and a set{an:n N}:(( 1)n) n=1= ( 1,1, 1,1, 1,1, ) is a sequence , having infinitely many terms (whichcan have repeated values);{( 1)n:n N}={1, 1}is simply a set of two elements, not a countable set nor asequence;(c) = (c,c,c,c, ) is the constant sequence ;{c}is the set of single ( convergence of a sequence ).A sequence (an) is said toconvergeto areal numbera(called thelimitof the sequence ) if, for every number >0, there exists anN Nsuch that whenevern Nit follows that|an a|<.
2.3. The Monotone Convergence Theorem and a First Look at In nite Series 5 2.3. The Monotone Convergence Theorem and a First Look at In nite Series De nition 2.4. A sequence (a n) is called increasing if a n a n+1 for all n2N and decreasing if a n a n+1 for all n2N:A sequence is said to be monotone if it is either increasing or decreasing.
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