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[b](a)[/b] Let $n$ be a positive integer, prove that \[ \sqrt{n+1} - \sqrt{n} < \frac{1}{2 \sqrt n}\] [b](b)[/b] Find a positive integer $n$ for which \[ \bigg\lfloor 1 +\frac{1}{\sqrt 2} +\frac{1}{\sqrt 3} +\frac{1}{\sqrt 4} + \cdots +\frac{1}{\sqrt n} \bigg\rfloor =12\]
Consider the following function \[g(x)=(\alpha+|x|)^{2}e^{(5-|x|)^{2}}\] [b]i)[/b] Find all the values of $\alpha$ for which $g(x)$ is continuous for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ [b]ii)[/b]Find all the values of $\alpha$ for which $g(x)$ is differentiable for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$.
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ a continuous function such that for any $x\in \mathbb{R}$, the limit $\lim_{h\to 0} \left|\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h}\right|$ exists and it is finite. Prove that in any real point, $f$ is differentiable or it has finite one-side derivates, of the same modul, but different signs.
Let $f$ and $g$ be (real-valued) functions defined on an open interval containing $0,$ with $g$ nonzero and continuous at $0.$ If $fg$ and $f/g$ are differentiable at $0,$ must $f$ be differentiable at $0?$
Given a non negative real $a$ and a sequence $(u_n)$ defined by \[ \begin{cases} u_1=3\\ u_{n+1}=\frac{u_n}{2}+\frac{n^2}{4n^2+a}\sqrt{u_n^2+3} \end{cases} \] a) Prove that for $a=0$, the sequence is convergent and find its limit. b) For $a\in [0,1]$, prove that the sequence if convergent.
a)Prove that $\ln(1+x)\le x,\ (\forall)x\ge 0$. b)Let $a>0$. Prove that: \[\lim_{n\to \infty} n\int_0^1\frac{x^n}{a+x^n}dx=\ln \frac{a+1}{a}\] [i]***[/i]
Let $\{c_k\}_{k\geq1}$ be a sequence with $0 \leq c_k \leq 1$, $c_1 \neq 0$, $\alpha > 1$. Let $C_n = c_1 + \cdots + c_n$. Prove $$\lim \limits_{n \to \infty}\frac{C_1^{\alpha}+\cdots+C_n^{\alpha}}{\left(C_1+\cdots +C_n\right)^{\alpha}}=0$$
Evaluate \[\lim_{n\to\infty} \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{[n\sin x]}{n}\ dx\] where $ [x] $ is the integer equal to $ x $ or less than $ x $.
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)$b<c<a$
For each positive integer $n$ we consider the function $f_{n}:[0,n]\rightarrow{\mathbb{R}}$ defined by $f_{n}(x)=\arctan{\left(\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor \right)} $, where $\left\lfloor x\right\rfloor $ denotes the floor of the real number $x$. Prove that $f_{n}$ is a Riemann Integrable function and find $\underset{n\rightarrow\infty}{\lim}\frac{1}{n}\int_{0}^{n}f_{n}(x)\mathrm{d}x.$
Define a sequence $\langle f(n)\rangle^{\infty}_{n=1}$ of positive integers by $f(1) = 1$ and \[f(n) = \begin{cases} f(n-1) - n & \text{ if } f(n-1) > n;\\ f(n-1) + n & \text{ if } f(n-1) \leq n, \end{cases}\] for $n \geq 2.$ Let $S = \{n \in \mathbb{N} \;\mid\; f(n) = 1993\}.$ [b](i)[/b] Prove that $S$ is an infinite set. [b](ii)[/b] Find the least positive integer in $S.$ [b](iii)[/b] If all the elements of $S$ are written in ascending order as \[ n_1 < n_2 < n_3 < \ldots , \] show that \[ \lim_{i\rightarrow\infty} \frac{n_{i+1}}{n_i} = 3. \]
Let $ \left( a_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ be an arithmetic progression of positive real numbers, and $ m $ be a natural number. Calculate: [b]a)[/b] $ \lim_{n\to\infty } \frac{1}{n^{2m+2}} \sum_{1\le i<j\le n} a_i^ma_j^m $ [b]b)[/b] $ \lim_{n\to\infty } \frac{1}{a_n^{2m+2}} \sum_{1\le i<j\le n} a_i^ma_j^m $ [i]Dumitru Acu[/i]
Find all continuous functions $f : \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that: (a) $\lim_{x \to \infty}f(x)$ exists; (b) $f(x) = \int_{x+1}^{x+2}f(t) \, dt$, for all $x \in \mathbb R$.
Define a sequence $\{a_n\}$ as: $\left\{\begin{aligned}& a_1=1 \\ & a_{n+1}=3-\frac{a_{n}+2}{2^{a_{n}}}\ \ \text{for} \ n\geq 1.\end{aligned}\right.$ Prove that this sequence has a finite limit as $n\to+\infty$ . Also determine the limit.
Let $ f(x)\equal{}\sum_{n\equal{}1}^{\infty} a_n/(x\plus{}n^2), \;(x \geq 0)\ ,$ where $ \sum_{n\equal{}1}^{\infty} |a_n|n^{\minus{} \alpha} < \infty$ for some $ \alpha > 2$. Let us assume that for some $ \beta > 1/{\alpha}$, we have $ f(x)\equal{}O(e^{\minus{}x^{\beta}})$ as $ x \rightarrow \infty$. Prove that $ a_n$ is identically $ 0$. [i]G. Halasz[/i]
Let $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be a sequence such that $a_n > 1$ and $a_{n+1}^2 \ge a_n a_{n + 2}$, for any $n\ge 1$. Show that the sequence $(x_n)_{n\ge 1}$ given by $x_n = \log_{a_n} a_{n + 1}$ for $n\ge 1$ is convergent and compute its limit.
Prove that for any positive integer $ n$, there exists only $ n$ degree polynomial $ f(x),$ satisfying $ f(0) \equal{} 1$ and $ (x \plus{} 1)[f(x)]^2 \minus{} 1$ is an odd function.
For $a>1$, let $f(a)=\frac{1}{2}\int_0^1 |ax^n-1|dx+\frac{1}{2}\ (n=1,2,\cdots)$ and let $b_n$ be the minimum value of $f(a)$ at $a>1$. Evaluate \[\lim_{m\to\infty} b_m\cdot b_{m+1}\cdot \cdots\cdots b_{2m}\ (m=1,2,3,\cdots)\]
Let $a=2001$. Consider the set $A$ of all pairs of integers $(m,n)$ with $n\neq0$ such that (i) $m<2a$; (ii) $2n|(2am-m^2+n^2)$; (iii) $n^2-m^2+2mn\leq2a(n-m)$. For $(m, n)\in A$, let \[f(m,n)=\frac{2am-m^2-mn}{n}.\] Determine the maximum and minimum values of $f$.
Calculate $ \lim_{n\to\infty }\left(\lim_{x\to 0} \left( -\frac{n}{x}+1+\frac{1}{x}\sum_{r=2}^{n+1}\sqrt[r!]{1+\sin rx}\right)\right) . $ [i]Constantin Rusu[/i]
Let $n\in\mathbb{N}^*$. Prove that \[ \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{ \displaystyle (1+x^2)^{n+1}-\prod_{k=1}^n\cos kx}{ \displaystyle x\sum_{k=1}^n\sin kx}=\frac{2n^2+n+12}{6n}. \]
For any natural number $ m, \quad\lim_{n\to\infty } n^{1+m} \int_{0}^1 e^{-nx}\ln \left( 1+x^m \right) dx =m! . $ [i]Gheorghe Iurea[/i]
Let $S_n$ be the area of the figure enclosed by a curve $y=x^2(1-x)^n\ (0\leq x\leq 1)$ and the $x$-axis. Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \sum_{k=1}^n S_k.$
Let $\{a_n\}_{n\geq 1}$ be a sequence of real numbers which satisfies the following relation: \[a_{n+1}=10^n a_n^2\] (a) Prove that if $a_1$ is small enough, then $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n =0$. (b) Find all possible values of $a_1\in \mathbb{R}$, $a_1\geq 0$, such that $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n =0$.