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Sequences

Review the definition of a sequence

Definition: Sequence @sequence

A sequence is a function $f$ defined on the set $J$ of all positive integers.

Definition: Converge @converge

A sequence $\{p_n\}$ in a metric-space $X$ is said to converge if there is a point $p \in X$ with the following property: For every $\epsilon > 0,$ there is an integer $N$ such that $n \geq N$ implies that $d(p_n, p) < \epsilon.$

Definition: Limit @limit

If a sequence $\{p_n\}$ converges to $p,$ we say that $p$ is the limit of $\{p_n\},$ denoted as:

$$ \lim_{n \to \infty} p_n = p. $$

Definition: Diverge @diverge

If a sequence $\{p_n\}$ does not converge, it is said to diverge.

Definition: Range (sequence) @range-sequence

The set of all points $p_n$ of a sequence $\{p_n\} (n = 1, 2, 3, \dots)$ is the range of $\{p_n\}.$

Note

The range of a sequence may be finite or it may be infinite.

Definition: Bounded (sequence) @bounded-sequence

The sequence $\{p_n\}$ is said to be bounded if its range is bounded.