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Let $\\displaystyle{a_n=\\var{a}^{1/n}}$
\n \n \n \n$\\displaystyle{\\lim_{n\\to \\infty} a_n=\\;\\;}$[[0]]
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\n1. Let $L=\\displaystyle{\\lim_{n\\to \\infty} c_n}$
\n$L=\\;\\;$[[0]]
\n2. Find the least positive integer $N$ such that
\\[|c_n-L| \\le 10^{-\\var{t}},\\;\\;\\forall n \\geq N\\]
Hint: You may assume that $c_n \\lt L,\\;\\;\\forall n$, hence $|c_n-L|=L-c_n,\\;\\;\\forall n$
\n$N=\\;\\;$[[1]]
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", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", "description": "Question on $\\displaystyle{\\lim_{n\\to \\infty} a^{1/n}=1}$. Find least integer $N$ s.t. $\\ \\left |1-\\left(\\frac{1}{c}\\right)^{b/n}\\right| \\le10^{-r},\\;n \\geq N$
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\nIt is true that for any positive real number $a$ that $\\displaystyle{\\lim_{n\\to \\infty} a^{1/n}=1}$
\nHence $\\displaystyle{\\lim_{n\\to \\infty} \\var{a}^{1/n}=1}$
\nb)
We have $\\displaystyle{b_n=\\var{b}^{\\var{r}/n}=\\left(\\var{b}^{\\var{r}}\\right)^{1/n}}$
Hence by the result quoted in part a) we have $\\displaystyle{\\lim_{n\\to \\infty} b_n=1}$
\nc)
\n1. Once again by the result quoted in a) and writing $\\displaystyle{\\left(\\frac{1}{\\var{c}} \\right)^{\\var{s}/n}=\\left(\\frac{1}{\\var{c}^{\\var{s}}} \\right)^{1/n}}$
\nwe have:
\n\\[L=\\lim_{n\\to \\infty} c_n = \\lim_{n \\to \\infty}\\left(\\frac{1}{\\var{c}^{\\var{s}}} \\right)^{1/n} = 1\\]
\n2. In order to find the least $N$ such that $\\displaystyle{|c_n-1| \\le 10^{-\\var{t}},\\;\\;\\forall n \\ge N}$ we write this using the hint as:
\n\\[\\begin{eqnarray*} 1-\\left(\\frac{1}{\\var{c}}\\right)^{\\var{s}/n} &\\le& \\frac{1}{10^{\\var{t}}} \\\\ \\Rightarrow \\left(\\frac{1}{\\var{c}}\\right)^{\\var{s}/n} &\\ge& 1-\\frac{1}{10^{\\var{t}}}=\\frac{\\var{10^t-1}}{\\var{10^t}} \\\\ \\Rightarrow \\var{c}^{\\var{s}/n} &\\le& \\frac{\\var{10^t}}{\\var{10^t-1}} \\end{eqnarray*} \\]
\nTaking $\\ln$ of both sides gives:(the inequality sign remains as it is as $\\ln(\\var{c}) \\gt 0 $ and $\\displaystyle \\ln\\left(\\frac{\\var{10^t}}{\\var{10^t-1}}\\right) \\gt 0$ )
\n\\[\\begin{eqnarray*} \\frac{\\var{s}}{n}\\ln(\\var{c}) &\\le& \\ln\\left(\\frac{\\var{10^t}}{\\var{10^t-1}}\\right)\\\\ \\Rightarrow n &\\ge& \\frac{\\var{s}\\ln(\\var{c})}{ \\ln\\left(\\frac{\\var{10^t}}{\\var{10^t-1}}\\right)}=\\var{trN} \\end{eqnarray*} \\]
\nOn rounding up the least $N$ is $N=\\var{N}$.
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