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Tutorial Problem Set 1

This document is a tutorial problem set for a Single Variable Calculus course at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. It includes various mathematical problems related to supremum and infimum of sets, convergence of sequences, and properties of bounded and monotonic sequences. The problems require justification of statements and examination of convergence for specific sequences.

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Tutorial Problem Set 1

This document is a tutorial problem set for a Single Variable Calculus course at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. It includes various mathematical problems related to supremum and infimum of sets, convergence of sequences, and properties of bounded and monotonic sequences. The problems require justification of statements and examination of convergence for specific sequences.

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI


Single Variable Calculus

MA-101(CSE) Tutorial Problem Set - 1 August 01, 2025

1. Find the supremum and the infimum (if they exist) of the sets defined below.
(−1)n 2
(i) S1 = {1/n : n ∈ N}; (ii) S2 = {1 − n : n ∈ N}; (iii) S3 = { 2n +1
3n+2 : n ∈ N}.

2. Let S be a nonempty subset of R and m, M ∈ R.

(i) Show that M = sup S if and only if x ≤ M for all x ∈ S and for any  > 0 there
exists x ∈ S such that M −  < x ≤ M.
(ii) Show that m = inf S if and only if x ≥ m for all x ∈ S and for any  > 0 there
exists x ∈ S such that m ≤ x < m + .

3. State TRUE or FALSE giving proper justification for each of the following statements.

(a) If both (xn ) and (yn ) are unbounded sequences in R, then the sequence (xn yn )
cannot be convergent.
(b) If both (xn ) and (yn ) are increasing sequences in R, then the sequence (xn yn ) must
be increasing.
(c) If (xn ), (yn ) are sequences in R such that (xn ) is convergent and (yn ) is not conver-
gent, then the sequence (xn + yn ) cannot be convergent.
(d) A monotonic sequence (xn ) in R is convergent iff the sequence (x2n ) is convergent.

4. Use the definition of convergence of a sequence to examine whether the sequences (xn )
defined below are convergent or not.

n2 2 1 3n + 2 5
(i) xn = ; (ii) xn = √ + + 3; (iii) xn = ; (iv) xn = .
n2 + n n n n+1 n3/2

5. Examine whether the sequences (xn ) defined below are convergent or not. Also, find the
limits when they exist.
nπ
(i) xn := sin( ); (ii) xn := (−1)n ; (iii) xn := nk xn , where k ∈ N and |x| < 1;
2
n √ √
(iv) xn := , where x > 1; (v) xn := n3/2 ( n + 1 − n).
xn
6. Let (xn ) be a sequence of real numbers.

(i) If xn := x1/n , where x > 0, then show that xn → 1 as n → ∞.


(ii) If xn := n1/n then show that xn → 1 as n → ∞.
(iii) If xn := xn , where |x| < 1, then show that xn → 0 as n → ∞.

7. Let (xn ) be a sequence of real numbers.

(i) Suppose that x1 := 2 and xn+1 := 2 + 1/xn for n ∈ N. Show that (xn ) converges
and find the limit.

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(ii) Suppose that x1 := 1 and xn+1 := xn /(1 + 2xn ) for n ∈ N. Show that (xn ) converges
and find the limit.
(iii) If xn → L as n → ∞ then show that (x1 + · · · + xn )/n → L as n → ∞.

8. Let (xn ) be a sequence of nonzero real numbers. Prove or disprove the following:
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(i) If (xn ) is not bounded, then lim = 0.
n→∞ xn
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(ii) If (xn ) does not have any convergent subsequence, then lim = 0.
n→∞ xn

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