Before we start calculating the limit, we will simplify the expression for the general term of the sequence. To that end we shall use recursive definition of factorial.
n! ={(1 if n=0),(n(n-1)! if n>0):}
a_n=((n-2)!)/(n!) =((n-2)!)/(n(n-1)(n-2)!)=1/(n(n-1))
Now it becomes easy to calculate the limit and determine convergence of the sequence.
lim_(n to infty)a_n=lim_(n to infty)1/(n(n-1))=1/(infty cdot infty)=1/infty=0
As we can see the sequence is convergent and its limit is equal to zero.
The image below shows the first 15 terms of the sequence. We can see they are approaching x-axis i.e. the sequence converges to zero.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial
Monday, March 17, 2014
a_n = ((n-2)!)/(n!) Determine the convergence or divergence of the sequence with the given n'th term. If the sequence converges, find its limit.
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