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Remark: <strong>The</strong>re are many methods to show this. We do NOT give the detailed proof.<br />

But there are hints.<br />

(1) Taking log on n!<br />

n n 1/n , and thus consider<br />

1<br />

n log 1 n ... log n n → <br />

0<br />

1<br />

log xdx −1.<br />

(2) Stirling’s Formula:<br />

n! n n e −n 2n e <br />

12n ,where ∈ 0, 1.<br />

Note: In general, we have<br />

lim<br />

x→<br />

Γx 1<br />

x x e −x 2x 1,<br />

where Γx is the Gamma Function. <strong>The</strong> reader can see the book, Principles of<br />

Mathematical Analysis by Walter Rudin, pp 192-195.<br />

(3) Note that 1 1 x x ↗ e and 1 1 x x1 ↘ e on 0, . So,<br />

1 1 n n1<br />

n e 1 1 n<br />

which implies that<br />

en n e −n n! en n1 e −n .<br />

(4) Using O-Stolz’s <strong>The</strong>orem: Let lim n→ y n and y n ↗.If<br />

lim<br />

x n1 − x n<br />

n→ y n1 − y n<br />

a, wherea is finite or ,<br />

then<br />

lim<br />

x n<br />

n→ y n<br />

a.<br />

Let x n log 1 n ... log n n and y n n.<br />

Note: For the proof of O-Stolz’s <strong>The</strong>orem, the reader can see the book, An<br />

Introduction to Mathematical Analysis by Loo-Keng Hua, pp 195. (Chinese Version)<br />

(5) Note that, if a n is a positive sequence with lim n→ a n a, then<br />

a 1 a n 1/n → a as n → .<br />

Taking a n 1 1 n n , then<br />

a 1 a n 1/n n n<br />

1 <br />

n!<br />

1 n → e.<br />

Note: For the proof, it is easy from the Exercise 8.6. We give it a proof as follows. Say<br />

lim n→ a n a. Ifa 0, then by A. P. ≥ G. P. , we have<br />

a 1 a n 1/n ≤ a 1 ...a n<br />

n → 0byExercise 8.6.<br />

So, we consider a ≠ 0 as follows. Note that log a n → log a. So, by Exercise 8.6,<br />

log a 1 ... log a n<br />

n → log a<br />

which implies that a 1 a n 1/n → a.<br />

8.6 Let a n be real-valued sequence and let n a 1 ...a n /n. Show that<br />

lim n→<br />

inf a n ≤ lim n→<br />

inf n ≤ lim n→<br />

sup n ≤ lim n→<br />

sup a n .<br />

Proof: By<strong>The</strong>orem 8.3 (a), it suffices to show that<br />

lim n→<br />

inf a n ≤ lim n→<br />

inf n and lim n→<br />

sup n ≤ lim n→<br />

sup a n .<br />

1/n

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