Department of Mathematics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Single Variable Calculus
Tutorial Sheet-2
July-November 2025
1. Let (xn ) be a convergent sequence in R with limit ℓ ∈ R and let α ∈ R.
(a) If xn ≥ α for all n ∈ N, then show that ℓ ≥ α.
(b) If ℓ > α, then show that there exists n0 ∈ N such that xn > α for all n ≥ n0 .
(c) If (xn ) and (yn ) are convergent sequences and xn ≥ yn for all n ∈ N, then
lim xn ≥ lim yn .
n→∞ n→∞
(Note that ℓ can be equal to α in (a) even if xn > α for all n.)
2. Let (xn ) be a convergent sequence of positive real numbers such that lim xn < 1.
n→∞
Show that lim xnn = 0.
n→∞
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3. Show that the sequence ((2n + 3n ) n ) converges to 3.
4. Let (an ) be a sequence of real numbers such that each of the subsequences (a2n ),
(a2n−1 ) and (a3n ) converges. Show that (an ) is convergent.
5. If (an ) is a bounded sequence and (bn ) is another sequence which converges to 0,
show that the product (an bn ) converges to 0.
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6. Let (an ) be a sequence of real numbers. Define the sequence (sn ) by sn = ai .
n i=1
(a) If (an ) is bounded, then show that (sn ) is also bounded.
(b) If (an ) is monotone, then show that (sn ) is also monotone.
(c) If (an ) converges to ℓ, then show that the sequence (sn ) also converges to ℓ.
7. Show that the sequence (xn ) defined by xn = 1 + 21 + 13 + · · · + n1 diverges to infinity.
8. Let the sequence (an ) be defined by
1/2
3 + a2n
a1 = 1, an+1 = , n ≥ 1.
2
√
Show that (an ) converges to 3.
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9. Let a1 > 0 and for n ≥ 1, an+1 = an + . Show that the sequence {an } is
2 an
convergent and find the limit.
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10. For a ∈ R, let x1 = a and xn+1 = (x2n + 3) for all n ≥ 2. Examine the convergence
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of the sequence {xn } for different values of a. Also, find lim xn whenever it exists.
n→∞
11. Let x1 = 6 and xn+1 = 5 − x6n for all n ∈ N. Examine whether the sequence (xn ) is
convergent. Also, find lim xn if (xn ) is convergent.
n→∞
