Epsilon-limit proof for real number sequences

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kingwinner said:
I think this would work.
Take N=max{N1,N2}
where N1 is as you defined
and N2 = the smallest integer greater than or equal to 2 |(a1-L)+...+(aN-L)| / ε.
If n > N, then |[(a1+a2+...+an)/n] - L|< ε.

That is correct.

However, according to what you said in post #7, we should take N to be the max of THREE things, i.e. N=max{N1,N2,N3}. Why? What is N3? I don't understand where this third restriction comes from.
I believe |[(aN+1 - L) +...+ (an-1-L) +(an-L)] / n| <= (1/n)[|aN+1 - L| + ...+ |an-1-L| + |an-L|] < (1/n)(n-N)ε/4 < ε/4 is always true, isn't it? So what is N3?
In our back-and-forth we may have called N different things; that's why I summarized it in post #29. We don't need an N3.