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Vietnam algebra

Problem

A sequence is defined as follows and for all positive integers .

a) Prove that .

b) Find the limit .
Solution
a. We will prove for all positive integers by induction. The statement is obvious in case . Assume that , hence Therefore, the statement is proved. Thus By the Squeeze theorem, one can get .

b. Let and the given formula can be rewritten as then combine with the formula of calculated by , the above equality obtains that From part a), one could deduce that hence By Cesàro mean theorem, and it is the result.
Final answer
a) 0; b) 4/9

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