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Let:
a_{1}=a_{2}=1;a_{n+2}=a_{n+1}+a_{n};n\geq 1
Let f_{n} be the last digit in decimal notation
of Fibonacci number a_{n}.
Find:
\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a_{1}+a_{2}+...+a_{n}}{n}
chuckd1356
Jan24-07, 02:40 PM
Can you explain?
mathman
Jan24-07, 04:13 PM
What does fn have to do with anything???
chuckd1356
Jan24-07, 06:32 PM
By theory, there is no limit to Fibonacci, unless I'm mistaken.
The sequence wouldn't be a sequence if there was a limit.
HallsofIvy
Jan24-07, 06:47 PM
By theory, there is no limit to Fibonacci, unless I'm mistaken.
The sequence wouldn't be a sequence if there was a limit.
That doesn't quite make sense. A fair part of Calculus courses is devoted to limits of sequences! Of course, the Fibonacci sequence is increasing without upperbound so it has no limit. But the question is about the nth partial sum divided by n. That's a whole different matter.
matt grime
Jan24-07, 06:47 PM
What the hell is anyone talking about here?
chuckd1356
Jan24-07, 07:32 PM
That doesn't quite make sense. A fair part of Calculus courses is devoted to limits of sequences! Of course, the Fibonacci sequence is increasing without upperbound so it has no limit. But the question is about the nth partial sum divided by n. That's a whole different matter.
That's what I was getting at, thanks for clarifying!
CRGreathouse
Jan24-07, 08:06 PM
The question is about the final digits, which are periodic with period 60. The sum of the 60 values is ***, so the average value at the limit is ***/60.
(It's not hard to calculate this, so I left it as an exercise. I can check it if you think you have an answer.)
Let:
a_{1}=a_{2}=1;a_{n+2}=a_{n+1}+a_{n};n\geq 1
Let f_{n} be the last digit in decimal notation
of Fibonacci number a_{n}.
Find:
\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{f_{1}+f_{2}+...+f_{n}}{n}
My apology for the confusion I made.
EDIT:
Yes the key for the solution is "***/60".
IOW ,f_{1}=f_{61},f_{2}=..etc.
I get:
\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{f_{1}+f_{2}+...+f_{n}}{n}=\ frac{14}{3}
CRGreathouse
Jan25-07, 10:38 PM
Yes, 14/3 is right.
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