Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi

MA 101: Engineering Mathematics I

Tutorial Sheet 3

Topics Covered: Sequence and Series (Unit I)

Note: The mentioned section numbers in the Problems 5–8 are of the textbook, 12th
Edition.

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1. A sequence {𝑢𝑛 } is defined by 𝑢1 = 6 and 𝑢𝑛+1 = 1+𝑢 for all 𝑛 ∈ ℕ.
𝑛
(i) Prove that the subsequences {𝑢2𝑛 } and {𝑢2𝑛−1 } converges to the common limit.
(ii) Find the limit of {𝑢𝑛 }.

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2. Consider the sequence {𝑢𝑛 } defined by 𝑢𝑛 = 1 + 2 + 3 + ⋯ + 𝑛 for all 𝑛 ∈ ℕ.
𝑛
(i) Show that 𝑢2𝑛 > 1 + 2 for all 𝑛 ≥ 3.
(ii) Hence prove that {𝑢𝑛 } is unbounded above and lim 𝑢𝑛 = ∞.⁡
n→∞

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3. Prove that the sequence {𝑢𝑛 } defined by 𝑢1 > 0 and 𝑢𝑛+1 = 2 (𝑢𝑛 + 𝑢 ) for all 𝑛 ∈ ℕ is
𝑛
monotone decreasing and bounded below. Find lim 𝑢𝑛 .⁡
n→∞

4. Test the convergence of the following two sequences.

(i) {√1, √1 + √1, √1 + √1 + √1⁡, ⋯ }

(ii) 𝑥1 = cos 1, 𝑥𝑛 = max{cos 𝑛, 𝑥𝑛−1 } , 𝑛 ≥ 2.

5. Exercise 83–88 on Section 10.2.

6. Exercise 56–60 on Section 10.4.

7. Exercise 62–63 on Section 10.6.

8. Problem 31 and 54 on Section 10.7.

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