1.II.11F

Analysis | Part IA, 2006

Consider a sequence (an)n⩾1\left(a_{n}\right)_{n \geqslant 1} of real numbers. What does it mean to say that an→a_{n} \rightarrow a∈Ra \in \mathbb{R} as n→∞n \rightarrow \infty ? What does it mean to say that an→∞a_{n} \rightarrow \infty as n→∞n \rightarrow \infty ? What does it mean to say that an→−∞a_{n} \rightarrow-\infty as n→∞n \rightarrow \infty ? Show that for every sequence of real numbers there exists a subsequence which converges to a value in R∪{∞,−∞}\mathbb{R} \cup\{\infty,-\infty\}. [You may use the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem provided it is clearly stated.]

Give an example of a bounded sequence (an)n⩾1\left(a_{n}\right)_{n \geqslant 1} which is not convergent, but for which

an+1−an→0 as n→∞a_{n+1}-a_{n} \rightarrow 0 \quad \text { as } \quad n \rightarrow \infty

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