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2013 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 882

Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{n+k}(\ln (n+k)-\ln\ n)$.

2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 430

For a natural number $ n$, let $ a_n\equal{}\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} (\tan x)^{2n}dx$. Answer the following questions. (1) Find $ a_1$. (2) Express $ a_{n\plus{}1}$ in terms of $ a_n$. (3) Find $ \lim_{n\to\infty} a_n$. (4) Find $ \lim_{n\to\infty} \sum_{k\equal{}1}^n \frac{(\minus{}1)^{k\plus{}1}}{2k\minus{}1}$.

2012 Waseda University Entrance Examination, 3

An unfair coin, which has the probability of $a\ \left(0<a<\frac 12\right)$ for showing $Heads$ and $1-a$ for showing $Tails$, is flipped $n\geq 2$ times. After $n$-th trial, denote by $A_n$ the event that heads are showing on at least two times and by$B_n$ the event that are not showing in the order of $tails\rightarrow heads$, until the trials $T_1,\ T_2,\ \cdots ,\ T_n$ will be finished . Answer the following questions: (1) Find the probabilities $P(A_n),\ P(B_n)$. (2) Find the probability $P(A_n\cap B_n )$. (3) Find the limit $\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{P(A_n) P(B_n)}{P(A_n\cap B_n )}.$ You may use $\lim_{n\to\infty} nr^n=0\ (0<r<1).$

2012 Putnam, 3

Let $f:[-1,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function such that (i) $f(x)=\frac{2-x^2}{2}f\left(\frac{x^2}{2-x^2}\right)$ for every $x$ in $[-1,1],$ (ii) $ f(0)=1,$ and (iii) $\lim_{x\to 1^-}\frac{f(x)}{\sqrt{1-x}}$ exists and is finite. Prove that $f$ is unique, and express $f(x)$ in closed form.

2013 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 3

Suppose $a$ and $b$ are real numbers such that \[\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\sin^2 x}{e^{ax}-bx-1}=\frac{1}{2}.\] Determine all possible ordered pairs $(a, b)$.

2009 Romania National Olympiad, 1

Let $(t_n)_n$ a convergent sequence of real numbers, $t_n\in (0,1),\ (\forall)n\in \mathbb{N}$ and $\lim_{n\to \infty} t_n\in (0,1)$. Define the sequences $(x_n)_n$ and $(y_n)_n$ by \[x_{n+1}=t_nx_n+(1-t_n)y_n,\ y_{n+1}=(1-t_n)x_n+t_n y_n,\ (\forall)n\in \mathbb{N}\] and $x_0,y_0$ are given real numbers. a) Prove that the sequences $(x_n)_n$ and $(y_n)_n$ are convergent and have the same limit. b) Prove that if $\lim_{n\to \infty} t_n\in \{0,1\}$, then the question is false.

2020 LIMIT Category 1, 19

Tags: limit , algebra , factorial
Let $a=2019^{1009}, b=2019!$ and $c=1010^{2019}$, then which of the following is true? (A)$c<b<a$ (B)$a<b<c$ (C)$b<a<c$ (D)$b<c<a$

2010 Putnam, A6

Let $f:[0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ be a strictly decreasing continuous function such that $\lim_{x\to\infty}f(x)=0.$ Prove that $\displaystyle\int_0^{\infty}\frac{f(x)-f(x+1)}{f(x)}\,dx$ diverges.

2018 Vietnam National Olympiad, 1

Tags: calculus , limit , sequence
The sequence $(x_n)$ is defined as follows: $$x_1=2,\, x_{n+1}=\sqrt{x_n+8}-\sqrt{x_n+3}$$ for all $n\geq 1$. a. Prove that $(x_n)$ has a finite limit and find that limit. b. For every $n\geq 1$, prove that $$n\leq x_1+x_2+\dots +x_n\leq n+1.$$

2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 807

Define a sequence $a_n$ satisfying : \[a_1=1,\ \ a_{n+1}=\frac{na_n}{2+n(a_n+1)}\ (n=1,\ 2,\ 3,\ \cdots).\] Find $\lim_{m\to\infty} m\sum_{n=m+1}^{2m} a_n.$

1964 Putnam, B3

Let $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function with the following property: for all $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}_{>0}$, the sequence $(a_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ defined as $a_n = f(n\alpha)$ satisfies $\lim_{n \to \infty} a_n = 0$. Is it necessarily true that $\lim_{x \to +\infty} f(x) = 0$?

PEN G Problems, 27

Let $1<a_{1}<a_{2}<\cdots$ be a sequence of positive integers. Show that \[\frac{2^{a_{1}}}{{a_{1}}!}+\frac{2^{a_{2}}}{{a_{2}}!}+\frac{2^{a_{3}}}{{a_{3}}!}+\cdots\] is irrational.

2008 AIME Problems, 12

On a long straight stretch of one-way single-lane highway, cars all travel at the same speed and all obey the safety rule: the distance from the back of the car ahead to the front of the car behind is exactly one car length for each 15 kilometers per hour of speed or fraction thereof (Thus the front of a car traveling 52 kilometers per hour will be four car lengths behind the back of the car in front of it.) A photoelectric eye by the side of the road counts the number of cars that pass in one hour. Assuming that each car is 4 meters long and that the cars can travel at any speed, let $ M$ be the maximum whole number of cars that can pass the photoelectric eye in one hour. Find the quotient when $ M$ is divided by 10.

2012 Iran Team Selection Test, 3

The pentagon $ABCDE$ is inscirbed in a circle $w$. Suppose that $w_a,w_b,w_c,w_d,w_e$ are reflections of $w$ with respect to sides $AB,BC,CD,DE,EA$ respectively. Let $A'$ be the second intersection point of $w_a,w_e$ and define $B',C',D',E'$ similarly. Prove that \[2\le \frac{S_{A'B'C'D'E'}}{S_{ABCDE}}\le 3,\] where $S_X$ denotes the surface of figure $X$. [i]Proposed by Morteza Saghafian, Ali khezeli[/i]

1977 Polish MO Finals, 1

Tags: function , limit , algebra
A function $h : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is differentiable and satisfies $h(ax) = bh(x)$ for all $x$, where $a$ and $b$ are given positive numbers and $0 \not = |a| \not = 1$. Suppose that $h'(0) \not = 0$ and the function $h'$ is continuous at $x = 0$. Prove that $a = b$ and that there is a real number $c$ such that $h(x) = cx$ for all $x$.

2019 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W. 21

Tags: integration , limit
Let $f$ be a continuously differentiable function on $[0, 1]$ and $m \in \mathbb{N}$. Let $A = f(1)$ and let $B=\int \limits_{0}^1 x^{-\frac{1}{m}}f(x)dx$. Calculate $$\lim \limits_{n \to \infty} n\left(\int \limits_{0}^1 f(x)dx-\sum \limits_{k=1}^n \left(\frac{k^m}{n^m}-\frac{(k-1)^m}{n^m}\right)f\left(\frac{(k-1)^m}{n^m}\right)\right)$$in terms of $A$ and $B$.

2000 Turkey Team Selection Test, 3

Suppose $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a function such that \[|f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)|\le 1\ \ \ \text{for all} \ \ x, y \in\mathbb R.\] Prove that there is a function $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $|f(x)-g(x)|\le 1$ and $g(x+y)=g(x)+g(y)$ for all $x,y \in\mathbb R.$

2007 Vietnam National Olympiad, 2

Tags: function , limit , algebra
Given a number $b>0$, find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that: $f(x+y)=f(x).3^{b^{y}+f(y)-1}+b^{x}.\left(3^{b^{y}+f(y)-1}-b^{y}\right) \forall x,y\in\mathbb{R}$

2005 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 23

Evaluate \[\lim_{a\rightarrow \frac{\pi}{2}-0}\ \int_0^a\ (\cos x)\ln (\cos x)\ dx\ \left(0\leqq a <\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\]

2005 IberoAmerican Olympiad For University Students, 1

Let $P(x,y)=(x^2y^3,x^3y^5)$, $P^1=P$ and $P^{n+1}=P\circ P^n$. Also, let $p_n(x)$ be the first coordinate of $P^n(x,x)$, and $f(n)$ be the degree of $p_n(x)$. Find \[\lim_{n\to\infty}f(n)^{1/n}\]

2019 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W. 35

Tags: limit
Calculate$$\lim \limits_{n \to \infty}\frac{n!\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^{n^2+n}}{n^{n+\frac{1}{2}}}$$

2010 Iran MO (3rd Round), 1

suppose that polynomial $p(x)=x^{2010}\pm x^{2009}\pm...\pm x\pm 1$ does not have a real root. what is the maximum number of coefficients to be $-1$?(14 points)

2011 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 727

For positive constant $a$, let $C: y=\frac{a}{2}(e^{\frac{x}{a}}+e^{-\frac{x}{a}})$. Denote by $l(t)$ the length of the part $a\leq y\leq t$ for $C$ and denote by $S(t)$ the area of the part bounded by the line $y=t\ (a<t)$ and $C$. Find $\lim_{t\to\infty} \frac{S(t)}{l(t)\ln t}.$

2012 Kyoto University Entry Examination, 1

Answer the following questions: (1) Let $a$ be positive real number. Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} (1+a^{n})^{\frac{1}{n}}.$ (2) Evaluate $\int_1^{\sqrt{3}} \frac{1}{x^2}\ln \sqrt{1+x^2}dx.$ 35 points

1995 Tuymaada Olympiad, 2

Let $x_1=a, x_2=a^{x_1}, ..., x_n=a^{x_{n-1}}$ where $a>1$. What is the maximum value of $a$ for which lim exists $\lim_{n\to \infty} x_n$ and what is this limit?