009C Sample Final 2, Problem 1

Test if the following sequences converge or diverge. Also find the limit of each convergent sequence.

(a)  $a_{n}={\frac {\ln(n)}{\ln(n+1)}}$

(b)  $a_{n}={\bigg (}{\frac {n}{n+1}}{\bigg )}^{n}$

Foundations:
L'Hopital's Rule
Suppose that $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }f(x)$   and $\lim _{x\rightarrow \infty }g(x)$   are both zero or both   Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \pm \infty .}
If Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} \frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)}}   is finite or   Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \pm \infty ,}
then Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} \frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} \frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)}.}

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
First, we notice that  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} \frac{\ln(n)}{\ln(n+1)}}   has the form  Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{\infty}{\infty}.}
So, we can use L'Hopital's Rule. To begin, we write
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\frac{\ln(n)}{\ln(n+1)}=\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} \frac{\ln(x)}{\ln(x+1)}.}

Step 2:
Now, using L'Hopital's rule, we get
Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{array}{rcl} \displaystyle{\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\frac{\ln(n)}{\ln(n+1)}} & \overset{L'H}{=} & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} \frac{\frac{1}{x}}{\frac{1}{x+1}}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} \frac{x+1}{x}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} 1+\frac{1}{x}}\\ &&\\ & = & \displaystyle{1.} \end{array}}

(b)

Step 1:

Step 2:

Final Answer:
(a)     Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 1}
(b)

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