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i recently posted a question about prooving a convergence of a series
and to find the limit

i have found a new way to proove
i showed it in the link

is this method ok??

the problem is in the second step
when i am trying to prove that the series doesn't go bellow 0.61

i used the splitting method
of the fraction but its inconclusive

how do i proove the second part
?

do i need to proove anything else inorder to complete the objective?

http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img8220ez9.jpg

(there is a typing miste in the link its a n+1>0.61)
 
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transgalactic said:
i recently posted a question about prooving a convergence of a series
and to find the limit

i have found a new way to proove
i showed it in the link

is this method ok??

the problem is in the second step
when i am trying to prove that the series doesn't go bellow 0.61

i used the splitting method
of the fraction but its inconclusive

how do i proove the second part
?

do i need to proove anything else inorder to complete the objective?

http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img8220ez9.jpg

(there is a typing miste in the link its a n+1>0.61)
This looks like a sequence to me!
 
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Why don't u post the original question first?
 
the original question and how i tried to solve it in the new link

on the top of the first page
 
You say, at one point, "a_k&gt; 0.61 given". Well, you aren't "given" that. And I don't see where you have proved it. But then you say "we need to prove that ak+1< 0.61" which isn't true. Are you saying that ak> 0.61 for some k? Well, ak+1 < 0.061 is never true, any way.

I think it is simpler to prove the contrapositive. Suppose that, for some k, ak+1> ak. Then
a_{k+1}= \frac{a_k+ 1}{a_k+ 2}&gt; a_k[/itex]<br /> Multiply on both sides by the positive value a_k+ 2. Then you are saying that a_k+ 1&amp;gt; a_k^2+ 2a_k so that a_k^2+ a_k-1&amp;lt; 0. That&#039;s a parabola opening upward. For what values of x is x<sup>2</sup>+ x- 1&lt; 0? Are those possible values of a<sub>k</sub>?
 
the parabula shows how the series goes

if the line after some point goes is on the negative part of the y axes
(bellow the x axes) then each next member will decrease in value

thats how i overrided the prooving
of

an+1<an inequality

you showed yourself the parula formula in the numanator
so i think it is the same.
is it ok??

now i want to proove that
its not going bellow 0.61

by the induction method

we presume that
an>0.61

and using that we proove that

an+1>0.61

as i showed in the link
i am having trouble to solve it
??
 
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Since a_0=1 then

a_{k+1}= \frac{a_k+ 1}{a_k+ 2}&gt; 0

by induction, i.e. a_k&gt;0 \,\forall\, k. Thus the limit is

l=\frac{-1+\sqrt{5}}{2}
 
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