Limit of $a_n=(1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n$ as $nrightarrow infty$












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I want to determine the limit of the sequence: $$a_n=(1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n rightarrow 1$$
I was thinking that I could do this via the squeeze theorem, I definitely know that:
$$
1=(1)^n leq (1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n leq (1 + frac{1}{n})^n$$
Yet as I take the limit, the right boundary is not strict enough, I end up with $e$, is there another clever approach we could take?






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    Let $x_n=1+(1/n^2)$ then $n(x_n-1)to 0 $ and hence $x_n^nto 1$. See math.stackexchange.com/a/1451245/72031 Alternatively you can use Bernoulli and Squeeze to prove $(1-n^{-4})^{n}to 1,(1-n^{-2})^nto 1$ and divide.
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I want to determine the limit of the sequence: $$a_n=(1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n rightarrow 1$$
I was thinking that I could do this via the squeeze theorem, I definitely know that:
$$
1=(1)^n leq (1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n leq (1 + frac{1}{n})^n$$
Yet as I take the limit, the right boundary is not strict enough, I end up with $e$, is there another clever approach we could take?






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    Let $x_n=1+(1/n^2)$ then $n(x_n-1)to 0 $ and hence $x_n^nto 1$. See math.stackexchange.com/a/1451245/72031 Alternatively you can use Bernoulli and Squeeze to prove $(1-n^{-4})^{n}to 1,(1-n^{-2})^nto 1$ and divide.
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I want to determine the limit of the sequence: $$a_n=(1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n rightarrow 1$$
I was thinking that I could do this via the squeeze theorem, I definitely know that:
$$
1=(1)^n leq (1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n leq (1 + frac{1}{n})^n$$
Yet as I take the limit, the right boundary is not strict enough, I end up with $e$, is there another clever approach we could take?






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I want to determine the limit of the sequence: $$a_n=(1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n rightarrow 1$$
I was thinking that I could do this via the squeeze theorem, I definitely know that:
$$
1=(1)^n leq (1+ frac{1}{n^2})^n leq (1 + frac{1}{n})^n$$
Yet as I take the limit, the right boundary is not strict enough, I end up with $e$, is there another clever approach we could take?






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    Let $x_n=1+(1/n^2)$ then $n(x_n-1)to 0 $ and hence $x_n^nto 1$. See math.stackexchange.com/a/1451245/72031 Alternatively you can use Bernoulli and Squeeze to prove $(1-n^{-4})^{n}to 1,(1-n^{-2})^nto 1$ and divide.
    – Paramanand Singh
    Nov 25 at 16:11














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    Let $x_n=1+(1/n^2)$ then $n(x_n-1)to 0 $ and hence $x_n^nto 1$. See math.stackexchange.com/a/1451245/72031 Alternatively you can use Bernoulli and Squeeze to prove $(1-n^{-4})^{n}to 1,(1-n^{-2})^nto 1$ and divide.
    – Paramanand Singh
    Nov 25 at 16:11








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Let $x_n=1+(1/n^2)$ then $n(x_n-1)to 0 $ and hence $x_n^nto 1$. See math.stackexchange.com/a/1451245/72031 Alternatively you can use Bernoulli and Squeeze to prove $(1-n^{-4})^{n}to 1,(1-n^{-2})^nto 1$ and divide.
– Paramanand Singh
Nov 25 at 16:11




Let $x_n=1+(1/n^2)$ then $n(x_n-1)to 0 $ and hence $x_n^nto 1$. See math.stackexchange.com/a/1451245/72031 Alternatively you can use Bernoulli and Squeeze to prove $(1-n^{-4})^{n}to 1,(1-n^{-2})^nto 1$ and divide.
– Paramanand Singh
Nov 25 at 16:11










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We have: $1 < a_n < 3^{1/n}$. I want to add some key facts that here. It is quite well known that $b_n = left(1+frac{1}{n}right)^n$ is monotonically increasing and is bounded above by $3$. Thus $a_n = sqrt[n]{b_{n^2}} < 3^{1/n}$. From this it follows that $a_n to 1$ and is consistent with what you did.






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  • Yes indeed, thank you DeepSea, very satisfying.
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Note that:
$$left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^n=left(left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^{n^2}right)^{1/n}sim e^{1/n}to_{infty} 1.$$






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    You could also notice that by expansion,



    $$lim_{n to infty}bigg(1+frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^n = lim_{n to infty} bigg[ {n choose 0}+{n choose 1}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)+{n choose 2}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^2+…$$



    $$= lim_{n to infty} bigg[1+frac{n!}{1!(n-1)!n^2}+frac{n!}{2!(n-2)!n^4}+…$$



    $$= lim_{n to infty}bigg[1+frac{n}{n^2}+frac{n(n-1)}{2 n^4}+…$$



    And all the terms with $n$ vanish as $n to infty$ since the denominator dominates, leaving $1$.






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      We have: $1 < a_n < 3^{1/n}$. I want to add some key facts that here. It is quite well known that $b_n = left(1+frac{1}{n}right)^n$ is monotonically increasing and is bounded above by $3$. Thus $a_n = sqrt[n]{b_{n^2}} < 3^{1/n}$. From this it follows that $a_n to 1$ and is consistent with what you did.






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      • DeepSea.Very nice.
        – Peter Szilas
        Nov 25 at 6:44










      • Yes indeed, thank you DeepSea, very satisfying.
        – Wesley Strik
        Nov 25 at 7:11
















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      We have: $1 < a_n < 3^{1/n}$. I want to add some key facts that here. It is quite well known that $b_n = left(1+frac{1}{n}right)^n$ is monotonically increasing and is bounded above by $3$. Thus $a_n = sqrt[n]{b_{n^2}} < 3^{1/n}$. From this it follows that $a_n to 1$ and is consistent with what you did.






      share|cite|improve this answer























      • DeepSea.Very nice.
        – Peter Szilas
        Nov 25 at 6:44










      • Yes indeed, thank you DeepSea, very satisfying.
        – Wesley Strik
        Nov 25 at 7:11














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      We have: $1 < a_n < 3^{1/n}$. I want to add some key facts that here. It is quite well known that $b_n = left(1+frac{1}{n}right)^n$ is monotonically increasing and is bounded above by $3$. Thus $a_n = sqrt[n]{b_{n^2}} < 3^{1/n}$. From this it follows that $a_n to 1$ and is consistent with what you did.






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      We have: $1 < a_n < 3^{1/n}$. I want to add some key facts that here. It is quite well known that $b_n = left(1+frac{1}{n}right)^n$ is monotonically increasing and is bounded above by $3$. Thus $a_n = sqrt[n]{b_{n^2}} < 3^{1/n}$. From this it follows that $a_n to 1$ and is consistent with what you did.







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      • DeepSea.Very nice.
        – Peter Szilas
        Nov 25 at 6:44










      • Yes indeed, thank you DeepSea, very satisfying.
        – Wesley Strik
        Nov 25 at 7:11


















      • DeepSea.Very nice.
        – Peter Szilas
        Nov 25 at 6:44










      • Yes indeed, thank you DeepSea, very satisfying.
        – Wesley Strik
        Nov 25 at 7:11
















      DeepSea.Very nice.
      – Peter Szilas
      Nov 25 at 6:44




      DeepSea.Very nice.
      – Peter Szilas
      Nov 25 at 6:44












      Yes indeed, thank you DeepSea, very satisfying.
      – Wesley Strik
      Nov 25 at 7:11




      Yes indeed, thank you DeepSea, very satisfying.
      – Wesley Strik
      Nov 25 at 7:11











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      Note that:
      $$left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^n=left(left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^{n^2}right)^{1/n}sim e^{1/n}to_{infty} 1.$$






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        Note that:
        $$left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^n=left(left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^{n^2}right)^{1/n}sim e^{1/n}to_{infty} 1.$$






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          Note that:
          $$left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^n=left(left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^{n^2}right)^{1/n}sim e^{1/n}to_{infty} 1.$$






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          Note that:
          $$left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^n=left(left(1+frac1{n^2}right)^{n^2}right)^{1/n}sim e^{1/n}to_{infty} 1.$$







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              You could also notice that by expansion,



              $$lim_{n to infty}bigg(1+frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^n = lim_{n to infty} bigg[ {n choose 0}+{n choose 1}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)+{n choose 2}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^2+…$$



              $$= lim_{n to infty} bigg[1+frac{n!}{1!(n-1)!n^2}+frac{n!}{2!(n-2)!n^4}+…$$



              $$= lim_{n to infty}bigg[1+frac{n}{n^2}+frac{n(n-1)}{2 n^4}+…$$



              And all the terms with $n$ vanish as $n to infty$ since the denominator dominates, leaving $1$.






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                You could also notice that by expansion,



                $$lim_{n to infty}bigg(1+frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^n = lim_{n to infty} bigg[ {n choose 0}+{n choose 1}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)+{n choose 2}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^2+…$$



                $$= lim_{n to infty} bigg[1+frac{n!}{1!(n-1)!n^2}+frac{n!}{2!(n-2)!n^4}+…$$



                $$= lim_{n to infty}bigg[1+frac{n}{n^2}+frac{n(n-1)}{2 n^4}+…$$



                And all the terms with $n$ vanish as $n to infty$ since the denominator dominates, leaving $1$.






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                  You could also notice that by expansion,



                  $$lim_{n to infty}bigg(1+frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^n = lim_{n to infty} bigg[ {n choose 0}+{n choose 1}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)+{n choose 2}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^2+…$$



                  $$= lim_{n to infty} bigg[1+frac{n!}{1!(n-1)!n^2}+frac{n!}{2!(n-2)!n^4}+…$$



                  $$= lim_{n to infty}bigg[1+frac{n}{n^2}+frac{n(n-1)}{2 n^4}+…$$



                  And all the terms with $n$ vanish as $n to infty$ since the denominator dominates, leaving $1$.






                  share|cite|improve this answer












                  You could also notice that by expansion,



                  $$lim_{n to infty}bigg(1+frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^n = lim_{n to infty} bigg[ {n choose 0}+{n choose 1}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)+{n choose 2}bigg(frac{1}{n^2}bigg)^2+…$$



                  $$= lim_{n to infty} bigg[1+frac{n!}{1!(n-1)!n^2}+frac{n!}{2!(n-2)!n^4}+…$$



                  $$= lim_{n to infty}bigg[1+frac{n}{n^2}+frac{n(n-1)}{2 n^4}+…$$



                  And all the terms with $n$ vanish as $n to infty$ since the denominator dominates, leaving $1$.







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