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For all natural numbers $n$, consider the polynomial $P_n(x) = x^{n+2}-2x+1$. (a) Show that the equation $P_n(x)=0$ has exactly one root $c_n$ in the open interval $(0,1)$. (b) Find $lim_{n \to \infty}c_n$.
Suppose that $c_n=(-1)^n(n+1)$. While the sum $\sum_{n=0}^\infty c_n$ is divergent, we can still attempt to assign a value to the sum using other methods. The Abel Summation of a sequence, $a_n$, is $\operatorname{Abel}(a_n)=\lim_{x\to1^-}\sum_{n=0}^\infty a_nx^n$. Find $\operatorname{Abel}(c_n)$.
A game involves jumping to the right on the real number line. If $ a$ and $ b$ are real numbers and $ b>a,$ the cost of jumping from $ a$ to $ b$ is $ b^3\minus{}ab^2.$ For what real numbers $ c$ can one travel from $ 0$ to $ 1$ in a finite number of jumps with total cost exactly $ c?$
Given a number $b>0$, find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that: $f(x+y)=f(x).3^{b^{y}+f(y)-1}+b^{x}.\left(3^{b^{y}+f(y)-1}-b^{y}\right) \forall x,y\in\mathbb{R}$
Let $L$ be a positive constant. For a point $P(t,\ 0)$ on the positive part of the $x$ axis on the coordinate plane, denote $Q(u(t),\ v(t))$ the point at which the point reach starting from $P$ proceeds by distance $L$ in counter-clockwise on the perimeter of a circle passing the point $P$ with center $O$. (1) Find $u(t),\ v(t)$. (2) For real number $a$ with $0<a<1$, find $f(a)=\int_a^1 \sqrt{\{u'(t)\}^2+\{v'(t)\}^2}\ dt$. (3) Find $\lim_{a\rightarrow +0} \frac{f(a)}{\ln a}$. [i]2011 Tokyo University entrance exam/Science, Problem 3[/i]
Define $a_{n}$ as satisfying: $\left(1+\frac{1}{n}\right)^{n+a_{n}}=e$. Find $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}a_{n}$.
In $\triangle ABC$, $\angle A=30^{\circ}$, $BC=13$. Given $2$ circles $\gamma_1, \gamma_2$ ith radius $r_1,r_2$ contain $A$ and touch $BC$ at $B$ and $C$ respectively. Find $r_1r_2$.
Let $k$ be a fixed positive integer. The $n$th derivative of $\tfrac{1}{x^k-1}$ has the form $\tfrac{P_n(x)}{(x^k-1)^{n+1}}$, where $P_n(x)$ is a polynomial. Find $P_n(1)$.
Find the limit $\lim \limits_{n \to \infty} \sin{n!}$ [list=1] [*] 1 [*] 0 [*] $\frac{\pi}{4}$ [*] None of the above [/list]
Suppose $\{x_n\}$ is a decreasing sequence that $\displaystyle\lim_{n \rightarrow\infty}x_n=0$. Prove that $\sum(-1)^nx_n$ is convergent
Let $a_n$ be the local maximum of $f_n(x)=\frac{x^ne^{-x+n\pi}}{n!}\ (n=1,\ 2,\ \cdots)$ for $x>0$. Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \ln \left(\frac{a_{2n}}{a_n}\right)^{\frac{1}{n}}$.
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 \[\lim_{n\to\infty}f(n)^{1/n}\]