Math 104: Homework 3-
1. Let (an) be a sequence defined according to a1 = t where t > 0, and an+1 = 2an/(1+an) for n ∈ N. Prove that an → 1 as n → ∞.
2. Let (sn) and (tn) be Cauchy sequences defined on R, and let (un) be a sequence defined as un = asn + btn for all n, where a, b ∈ R. By using the definition of a Cauchy sequence only, without assuming that limits of (sn) and (tn) exist, prove that (un) is a Cauchy sequence.
3. Let (sn) be a sequence defined for n ∈ N as
Calculate the monotonic sequences
uN = inf{sn : n > N}, vN = sup{sn : n > N}
for each N ∈ N and hence determine lim inf sn and lim sup sn.