Example where lim(Xn + Yn) exists but doesn't equal lim Xn + lim Yn

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Please help with the following problem:
Do not know where to start!

Give an example of two sequences Xn(sum from 1 to infinity) and Yn(sum from 1 to infinity) where lim (as n tends to infinity) of (Xn + Yn ) exists but lim (as n goes to infinity) of(Xn +Yn) does not equal lim (as n goes to infinity) Xn + lim(as n goes to infinity) Yn.
 
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By the old theorem:

[tex]\sum_n (x_n+y_n)=\sum_n x_n + \sum_n y_n[/tex]
if [itex]\sum x_n[/itex] and [itex]\sum_y_n[/itex] are convergent series, your only hope is to have either [itex]\sum x_n[/itex] or [itex]\sum y_n[/itex] divergent.

Maybe also allowed: Even if [itex]\sum (x_n+y_n)=\sum x_n + \sum y_n[/tex], the radii of converge need not be the same.[/itex]
 
Does the two sequence Xn and Yn defined??

If not (this is a wild guess), is gamma constant one? Because:

[tex]\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n}[/tex]
is undefined, and also

[tex]-\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nx^n}{n}[/tex]
is also undefined

but [tex]\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n} - \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nx^n}{n}[/tex]=\gamma=0.577...
 
Does the two sequence Xn and Yn defined??

If not (this is a wild guess), is gamma constant one? Because:

[tex]\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n}[/tex]
is undefined, and also

[tex]-\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nx^n}{n}[/tex]
is also undefined

but [tex]\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n} - \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^nx^n}{n}=\gamma=0.577...[/tex]
 
[tex]X_n=\sum_{k=1}^n 1[/tex]
[tex]Y_n=\sum_{k=1}^n -1[/tex]