Bounded Sequence

(1.) Find the lim superior ,lim inferior

ferior and limits (if exist)
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(i) xn 
n

2n
 1 
(ii) xn   1  2 
 n 

(iii) xn  cos n

(iv) 
xn  2n 22  1
n


(v) 
xn  4n 1  cos  2 n  

 2n   n 2 
(vi) xn   2  sin  n 
n  2 

 1n
 1 n2
(vii) xn   n  
 n

 1
 1  1 n
n

(vii) xn  1  
 n

 1
 1  1 n 2
n

(ix) xn  1  
 n

 1
 1  1 n 2
n

(x) xn  1  
 n

xn  last digit in  23

n
(xi)

(xii) xn  last two digit in 7 n

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Which of the following sequences are bounded. Also find the supremum and infrimum of sequence of they exist.

 1 n
(1.) xn  1   sin
 n 2

(2.) xn  number of divisors of n

1 1 1
(3.) xn  1    ... 
2 3 n

xn  xn 1
(4.) Let  xn  be a sequence such that xn 1  , n  1, x0  1, x1  2 .
2

xn 1  xn1
(5.) Let  xn  be a sequence such that xn  , n  1 , x0  1 , x1  1 .
2

 1
n

(6.) xn  1
n

xn   1 n
n
(7.)

(8.) xn  2  xn  xn1 ; x1  1, x2  1

(9.) xn 1  2  n xn , x1  1

(10.) xn 1  7  xn , x1  0

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 Limit of a sequence

n
n
(1.) Let an  n
k 1
2
k
for n   . Then the sequence an  is .......... ?

(a.) Convergent
(b.) Bounded but not convergent
(c.) Diverges to 
(d.) divergent to 
Neither bounded nor-divergent
[IIT-JAM 2011]

(2.) Let  xn  be the sequences  1,  1,  2,  2,  3,  3,... . If

x1  x2  x3  ...  xn
yn 
n
for all n   then the sequence  yn  is

(a.) monotonic
(b.) not bounded
(c.) bounded but not convergent
(d.) convergent
[IIT-JAM 2012]

  1 
(3.) Let xn  2 2 n 1  cos  n 
for all n   then the sequence  xn 
  2 
(a.) does not converge
(b.) convergent 0
(c.) converges to 1/2
(d.) converges to 1/4
[IIT-JAM 2014]

(4.) Let  xn  be a sequence of real numbers such that lim  xn 1  xn   L where L is a positive n  
x 

 xn 
numbers. Then the sequence  
n
(a.) is not bounded
(b.) is bounded
nded but not convergent
(c.) converges to L
(d.) converges to 0
[IIT-JAM 2014]

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  1 n
Let S n  be a sequence of a real numbers given by S n  2 1 , 1 
n
(5.)  sin , n   . Then the least upper
 n 2
bound of the sequence S n  is .....?

[IIT-JAM 2016]

Let S k  be a sequence of real number where S k  k a/ k , k  1 ,   0 . Then lim  S1 , S 2 , S3 ,..., S n 

1/ n
(6.) is

n

….. ?
[IIT-JAM 2016]

1  1 1 1 
(7.) lim    ...  
n  n  3 6 6 9 3n  3n  3 

(a.) 1 3

(b.) 3
1
(c.)
3
1
(d.)
1 3
[IIT-JAM 2017]

 an / s n 
(8.) Let an  n , n  1 and let S n  a1  a2  ...  an , then lim    ....... ?
n 
  n 1  a n / s n  

  n   n 
(9.) Let  xn  be the sequence given by an  max sin   , cos    , n  1 . Which of the following is are
  3   3 
true about the subsequence  a6 n 1  and  a6 n  4  ?

(a.) Both
oth the subsequence are convergent
(b.) only one subsequence are convergent
1
(c.)  a6 n1  convergent to 
2
1
(d.)  a6 n  4  convergent to
2

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(10.) Let an  be the sequence of real numbers such that a1  1 and an 1  an  an2 for all n  1 . Then

(a.) a4  a1 1  a1 1  a2  a  a3 

1
(b.) lim 0
n  a
n

1
(c.) lim 1
n  a
n

(d.) lim an  0
n 

ANSWER KEY

Question Answer Question Answer

1 a 6 1
2 c 7 c
3 c 8 1
4 c 9 a
5 0.5 10 a,b