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Limit sup and limit inf.<br />

Introduction<br />

In order to make us understand the information more on approaches of a given real<br />

sequence a n <br />

n1<br />

, we give two definitions, thier names are upper limit and lower limit. It<br />

is fundamental but important tools in analysis.<br />

Definition<br />

Definition of limit sup and limit inf<br />

and<br />

Example<br />

Example<br />

Example<br />

Given a real sequence a n <br />

n1<br />

,wedefine<br />

b n supa m : m n<br />

1 1 n <br />

n1<br />

1 n <br />

n n1<br />

<br />

n n1<br />

c n infa m : m n.<br />

0,2,0,2,..., sowehave<br />

b n 2andc n 0 for all n.<br />

1, 2, 3,4,..., sowehave<br />

b n and c n for all n.<br />

1, 2, 3, . . . , sowehave<br />

b n n and c n for all n.<br />

Proposition Given a real sequence a n <br />

n1<br />

, and thus define b n and c n as the same as<br />

before.<br />

1 b n ,andc n n N.<br />

2 If there is a positive integer p such that b p , then b n n N.<br />

If there is a positive integer q such that c q , then c n n N.<br />

3 b n is decreasing and c n is increasing.<br />

By property 3, we can give definitions on the upper limit and the lower limit of a given<br />

sequence as follows.<br />

Definition Given a real sequence a n and let b n and c n as the same as before.<br />

(1) If every b n R, then<br />

infb n : n N<br />

is called the upper limit of a n , denoted by<br />

lim n<br />

sup a n .<br />

That is,<br />

lim n<br />

sup a n inf b n.<br />

n<br />

If every b n , then we define<br />

lim n<br />

sup a n .<br />

(2) If every c n R, then<br />

supc n : n N<br />

is called the lower limit of a n , denoted by<br />

lim n<br />

inf a n .

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