Does (a_n)^{b_n} converge to a^b as n approaches infinity?

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Homework Statement


an -> a
bn -> b
prove that anbn = ab
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Its all Sequence of course
 
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Hint: [tex](a_n)^{b_n} = e^{b_n log(a_n)}[/tex]

Now use continuity of the exponential and logarithm function to take the limits "inside the function".
 
By the way, we don't want to prove that [tex](a_n)^{b_n} = a^b[/tex]. We want to prove that [tex](a_n)^{b_n} \rightarrow a^b[/tex] as [tex]n \rightarrow \infty[/tex]