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7 months ago

(a) Intuitively, an=5na_{n} = \lfloor \frac{5}{n} \rfloor seems to converge to 0. Notice that we can define ana_{n} piece-wise, to obtain an insight. That is,

an=5n={5n=12n=213n50n6a_{n} = \lfloor \frac{5}{n} \rfloor = \begin{cases} 5 & n = 1 \\ 2 & n = 2 \\ 1 & 3 \leq n \leq 5 \\ 0 & n \geq 6 \end{cases}

Thus, for every ϵ>0\epsilon > 0, choose N=6N = 6. We then have

nN,nN    0=5n<ϵ.\forall n \in \mathbb{N}, \quad n \geq N \implies 0 = \lfloor \frac{5}{n} \rfloor < \epsilon.

(b) Intuitively, an=12+4n3na_{n} = \lfloor \frac{12 + 4n}{3n} \rfloor converges to 1 since

bn=12+4n3nb_{n} = \frac{12 + 4n}{3n}

converges to 43\frac{4}{3}. In fact, we realize that

n7,1<bn<2.\forall n \geq 7, \quad 1 < b_{n} < 2.

Thus, for every ϵ>0\epsilon > 0, choose N=7N = 7. We then have

nN,nN    0=12+4n3n1<ϵ.\forall n \in \mathbb{N}, \quad n \geq N \implies 0 = \abs{\lfloor \frac{12+4n}{3n}\rfloor - 1} < \epsilon.
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