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Determine whether the sequence is convergent or divergent. If it is convergent, find its limit\({{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = }}\frac{{{\rm{lnn}}}}{{\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}\).

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The given equation is the sequence that converges to\(\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = 0}}\).

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01

 Cauchy convergence sequence.

A series converges if and only if the sequence of partial sums is a Cauchy sequence, according to the Cauchy convergence criterion. A numerical sequence converges if and only if it is a Cauchy sequence.

If and only if, a sequence is said to converge \(\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {\rm{ }}{{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}\)is a finite constant.

02

Evaluation.

\(\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = }}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } \frac{{{\rm{lnn}}}}{{\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}\)

Use \({\rm{a ln b = ln }}{{\rm{b}}^{\rm{a}}}\),

\(\begin{array}{c}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = }}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } \frac{{{\rm{ln}}{{\left( {{{\rm{n}}^{{\rm{1/2}}}}} \right)}^{\rm{2}}}}}{{\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}{\rm{n}}\\\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = }}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } \frac{{{\rm{2ln}}\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}{{\sqrt {\rm{n}} }}\end{array}\)

Substitute \(\sqrt {\rm{n}} {\rm{ = t}}\)if \({\rm{t}} \to \infty \)when \({\rm{n}} \to \infty \).

\(\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = }}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{t}} \to \infty } \frac{{{\rm{2lnt}}}}{{{\rm{2t}}}}\)

So, the limit is \(\frac{\infty }{\infty }\).

L'Hospital's Rule

L'Hospital's Rule tells us that if can an indeterminate form\({\rm{0/0}}\)or\(\infty {\rm{/}}\infty \)all need to do is differentiate the numerator and differentiate the denominator and then take the limit

Implies this rule,

\(\begin{array}{c}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = }}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{t}} \to \infty } \frac{{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{t}}}\\{\rm{ = }}\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{t}} \to \infty } \frac{{\rm{2}}}{{\rm{t}}}\\\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = 0}}\end{array}\)

Therefore, the given sequence converges to \(\mathop {{\rm{lim}}}\limits_{{\rm{n}} \to \infty } {{\rm{a}}_{\rm{n}}}{\rm{ = 0}}\).

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