Lebanese University Date : December 2010

Faculty of Sciences - Section 5 Duration : 1h

Department of Mathematics

Partial exam
Math102

Exercise 1 : (4 points)
Using the denition of the limit of a sequence, show that
5n + 2 5
lim = .
n→+∞ 3n − 1 3

Exercise 2 : (6 points)
Let k ∈ R such that 0 < k < 1 and (un )n a numerical sequence satisfying the following
property :
∀n ∈ N, |un+1 | ≤ k|un |.
a) Show that ∀n ∈ N, |un | ≤ kn |u0 |.
b) Deduce that
lim un = 0.
n→+∞

Exercise 3 : (12 points)

Let A be a non-empty and bounded subset of R and let λ ∈ R. Consider the set :
λA = {λx, x ∈ A}.
a) Show that
λ sup(A) if λ > 0

sup(λA) =
λ inf (A) if λ < 0

b) Find sup A and inf A, where A = { 21n , n ∈ N}.

c) Deduce sup B , where B = { sin
2n
k
, n ∈ N} and k ∈ [ −π
2
, π2 ].

Exercise 4 : (8 points)
Consider the recurssive sequence (un )n , dened by u0 = 1
2
and

u2n + un
un+1 =
2
a) Show that ∀n ∈ N, 0 < un < 1.
b) Show that the sequence (un )n is monotone.
c) Deduce that the sequence (un )n is convergent and nd its limit.