How to prove the limit of the sequence?

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Homework Statement


Assume the sequence [tex]\{ a_n \}[/tex] satisfys [tex]0 < a_1 < 1[/tex] and [tex] a_{n + 1} = a_n (1 - a_n )(n \ge 1)[/tex],prove [tex] \mathop {\lim }\limits_{n \to \infty } {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} {\kern 1pt} na_n = 1[/tex]






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a_n is a monotonicly decreasing sequence,and it is above zero,so a_n has a limit,zero.

let [tex]b_n=n*a_n[/tex] then we got [tex] \frac{{b_{n + 1} }}{{n + 1}} = \frac{{b_n }}{n}(1 - \frac{{b_n }}{n})[/tex],but I don't know how to do next.
 
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I would go about showing first that a_n is always positive and decreasing. I would then ewxamine if you b_n is an increasing or decreasing sequence. After thay I might examine the following:

[tex] |b_{n}-1)|[/tex]

to see what I could find.