Irrational sequence that converges to a rational limit

Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
5 replies · 4K views
cnwilson2010
Messages
8
Reaction score
0
Hi. I found some rational sequences that converge to irrational limits, but am not having any luck going the other direction, i.e., an irrational sequence that converges to a rational limit. Any suggestions?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Can you find an irrational sequence that converges to 0? Something like [itex]\frac{1}{n}[/itex] but with an irrational number in the numerator?
 
Thank you.

How about 1/n(2(1/2))?
 
cnwilson2010 said:
Thank you.

How about 1/n(2(1/2))?

Yes, that sounds good! :smile:
 
You can also use a commonly known irrational number (e.g. pi or e) and do something similar.
 
Didn't want to be oddly transcendental or anything, so I was trying to stay away from those, but found out later they would have been fine. So thank you for that.