How Does Every Convergent Subsequence Prove the Limit of a Sequence?

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Homework Statement



Prove that lim a_n = L given that (a_n) is a sequence defined such that every subsequence has a convergent that converges to L\in R

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Bolzano-weierstrass and the works

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A subsequence of a subsequence is just a subsequence of the original sequence, so if I can show that (a_n) is bounded. Can I do something with maybe 2L as a bound?
 
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There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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