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Putnam 1970 A4
Putnam 1970 A4
Source: Putnam 1970
May 17, 2022
Putnam
Sequence
limit
Problem Statement
Given a sequence
(
x
n
)
(x_n )
(
x
n
)
such that
lim
n
→
∞
x
n
−
x
n
−
2
=
0
,
\lim_{n\to \infty} x_n - x_{n-2}=0,
lim
n
→
∞
x
n
−
x
n
−
2
=
0
,
prove that
lim
n
→
∞
x
n
−
x
n
−
1
n
=
0.
\lim_{n\to \infty} \frac{x_n -x_{n-1}}{n}=0.
n
→
∞
lim
n
x
n
−
x
n
−
1
=
0.
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