Real Analysis| Three limits of sequences by the definition.

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  • We give three examples where we prove the value of a few limits of sequences using the precise epsilon-N defintion.
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Komentáře • 58

  • @FGL_tv
    @FGL_tv Před 4 lety +34

    Just wanted to say these videos are incredibly helpful. If I need a refresher on something I can pop in for 20 minutes and get a cogent, informative lecture. Really appreciate your work!

    • @JoshStadler
      @JoshStadler Před 4 lety +4

      I can second this. Michael's channel has been a great supplement to reading 'Understanding Analysis' by Abbott.

  • @yuyaogawa658
    @yuyaogawa658 Před 3 lety +3

    I am self-studying real analysis using a book, Understanding Analysis, and there are some points here and there that sort of lack clear explanations in the book which really confuses me sometimes. But your are making things super clear and explain things in the terms that are easily comprehensible for someone like me who is not used to the language of mathematics in general, so I cannot appreciate enough Michael! Thank you so much!!

  • @gabriellaaileenmendrofa3615

    i don't get it, 2-n/(n²+n)

    • @hybmnzz2658
      @hybmnzz2658 Před 3 lety +2

      Probably late but the implications are being read in reverse. You read from bottom to up to reach the conclusion at the top.

    • @user-fi6if8gx3g
      @user-fi6if8gx3g Před 2 lety

      Epsilon is an infinitesimal value and (2-n)/(n^2) is a rational number, read from bottom to up or observe the following proof stated by Michael.

    • @gym5959
      @gym5959 Před 2 lety

      im still confused can anyone be more elaborate ?

    • @harryh5666
      @harryh5666 Před 2 lety

      I definietly agree with Gabriella. Good spot! The logic in the 3rd example is definitely flawed in the way Mat presents it. Some assumptions are made in the sketchwork which Mat has presented as logic because they happen to pan out in the proof. But it's really not precise enough to say that epsilon and n are different mathematical objects (ie. integer and real number) and so the rules relating them via the operators do not apply. For the mathematician to claim this, there must be a supporting Theorem for which ΕχιΜιμζ has presented none. So in my opinion the proof works, it just was arrived at via a bit more luck than presented in the video. It would be great to hear from Mat about this. Maybe me and Gabriella are missing something, but we won't know for sure without a but more of an explanation from Mat.

    • @thesecondderivative8967
      @thesecondderivative8967 Před rokem

      He's doing it backwards. He's showing that (2-n)/(n^2) < epsilon. This would mean that (2-n)/(n^2 +n) < epsilon. Since ,the first expression is greater than the second. He's proving 7 < 8 which implies that 5 < 8 since 5 < 7.

  • @wtt274
    @wtt274 Před 4 lety +5

    Great professor.Your explanation is so clear!

  • @user-ow1mz6vc9r
    @user-ow1mz6vc9r Před 9 měsíci

    I am Sam ,always watching you from Ghana .. I am huge fan of your real analysis lectures ... it is really preparing me for my exams 😊

  • @goodplacetostop2973
    @goodplacetostop2973 Před 4 lety +9

    19:17

  • @caladbolg8666
    @caladbolg8666 Před 4 lety +3

    If you took a strict inequality in the definition of the limit, "for all n>N", you wouldn't need to constantly deal with this N=ceiling+1 thing, no?

  • @rogerlie4176
    @rogerlie4176 Před 4 lety +4

    In the second example I would just choose N = ⌈15/4𝛆⌉. You only need to find one such N and not necessarily the best one.

  • @saicharanritwikchinni4873

    YEE!! The best explanation I have seen till now.

  • @j10h8d4
    @j10h8d4 Před 3 lety +1

    I appriciate your effort and work really much. You do a difference because you are SO great at explaining things. :-)

  • @ACTION646
    @ACTION646 Před 3 lety +3

    Why add 1 to equality? I didn't get that.

  • @natepolidoro4565
    @natepolidoro4565 Před 4 lety +2

    great teacher

  • @backyard282
    @backyard282 Před 4 lety +3

    18:10 you don't even have to worry about the maximum, just pretend your sequence doesn't have the first term, I.e. it starts at n=2, because for any convergent sequence, the new sequence achieved by eliminating the first k elements will have the same limit since the rest of the infinitely many terms behave the same way anyway. More precisely lim of a(n) = lim of a(n+k) for any natural number k, which can easily be proven

    • @ogreeni
      @ogreeni Před 6 měsíci +1

      Also, since the ceiling of 1/epsilon is greater than or equal to 1, N is greater than or equal to 2. So we don’t need to worry about that regardless.

  • @phyjob
    @phyjob Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks for your videos. Speaking of limits of sequences, would it be possible that, in a future video, you address the limit of S(x)=\sum_{n=0}^\inf (-1)^n x^{2^n}, when x tends to 1 from below?

  • @user-zt3di3yb5g
    @user-zt3di3yb5g Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you so much for your explanation it was amazing.
    I would improve my skill in epsilon N definition could you please give me some advice or where I could find some exercise with solution if it is possible

  • @motherisape
    @motherisape Před 2 lety +1

    15:20 can't understand why this inequality holds

  • @Will-nf9gf
    @Will-nf9gf Před měsícem

    So am I wrong or does this definition say "if after some point (N) in a sequence (a_n within real numbers) the value of the sequence is always contained within some 'arbitrarily small' region (epsilon) that continuously approaches a value (L), then the limit as a point in the sequence approaches infinity is equal to the value being approached by the epsilon region" and the whole n >= N and N = ceil(something containing epsilon) + 1 business is to 'seed out' this point N? Also, why does it matter that N is a natural number? I hope I am at least on the right track in terms of a starting point

  • @viniciusteixeira9803
    @viniciusteixeira9803 Před 3 lety +1

    Great work, Mic!
    Which book you recommend to use to study this topic?

  • @jshook
    @jshook Před 2 lety +2

    15:20 can someone help me understand how making the abs(An - L) term larger will preserve the fact that it is less than epsilon?

    • @froyocrew
      @froyocrew Před rokem

      Because if |1/n| > |(2- n) / (n^2+n)|
      And n > 1/epsilon
      Then | 1/ 1/e | = e > | an -1 |

    • @calendar6526
      @calendar6526 Před rokem

      Remember although epsilon is supposed to be very small it still needs to be positive and "large" enough to contain the absolute term.
      Put it in another way if you instead makes the absolute term smaller then you choose the epsilon to be bigger than your final smaller absolute term, then the epsilon you choose can't contain the original absolute term because it's too small.

  • @leroycheng9755
    @leroycheng9755 Před 3 lety +1

    Why do we need to add a 1 next to the (1 over epsilon)? Why do we need to make sure it is big enough? Thanks in advance!

    • @olinmarman3412
      @olinmarman3412 Před 3 lety

      I think of it as insurance that you are far enough out into the sequence. He mentions that its not super necessary if you use a strict inequality, but considering some books do and some books don't adding 1 makes it certain you will be sufficiently "deep"

  • @davidmoss9926
    @davidmoss9926 Před 4 lety +2

    I'm a little confused why you need to add + 1 in order to guarantee N sufficiently big. Shouldn't the ceiling function suffice?

    • @DarkCloud7
      @DarkCloud7 Před 3 lety +6

      I wondered that as well but it turns out the ceiling function does not suffice:
      The ceiling function does not change integer values (e.g. ⌈9⌉ = 9) but we want a strict inequality (e.g. n > 1/Ɛ²).
      To elaborate on that:
      At around 5:00 we see that we need n > 1/Ɛ² to be held by all n >= N.
      Then in the proof we could have said N = ⌈1/Ɛ²⌉ (without the +1).
      If now we choose e.g. Ɛ = 1/3 our N would be exactly N = ⌈1/(1/3)²⌉ = ⌈9⌉ = 9.
      Therefore our smallest n is also n = 9 but since 1/Ɛ² = 9 the inequality n > 1/Ɛ² does not hold.

    • @DarkCloud7
      @DarkCloud7 Před 2 lety

      @@aboyhya612 Could you point out what part of the proof you mean. I don't know what you're refering to.

    • @aboyhya612
      @aboyhya612 Před 2 lety

      @@DarkCloud7 Thank you, actually i got what i want.

  • @pavybez
    @pavybez Před 10 měsíci

    In one of the proofs you choose N = ceil(15/(4.epsilon) - 5/2) + 1. But that doesn't guarantee that ceil(15/(4.epsilon) - 5/2) is positive. I think you should add +3 instead of +1?

    • @pedroteran5885
      @pedroteran5885 Před 3 měsíci

      Yes. It would be simpler to get rid of 5/2 from the start. Or just say: take N strictly greater than the quantity you need, then for all n>=N ...

  • @ayoubnouni224
    @ayoubnouni224 Před 4 lety

    6:15 i think the floor( x) N should be enough to say that n> 1/epsilon^2

    • @DarkCloud7
      @DarkCloud7 Před 3 lety +3

      I think you got floor and ceiling mixed up.

  • @AnthonySpinelli-fe4vn
    @AnthonySpinelli-fe4vn Před 3 lety

    I’m a bit confused about how choosing L (the limit value) cannot be just some arbitrary number. Would the proof not work if the incorrect L was chosen?

  • @trba7996
    @trba7996 Před rokem +1

    thank you math Neil Patrick Harris

  • @nuggeteater69
    @nuggeteater69 Před 3 lety

    what if i cant get n by itself in the scratch work?

  • @froglet827
    @froglet827 Před 3 lety

    I don't get why he adds the +1. Doesn't the proof work with 1/eps^2 ?

  • @JB-ym4up
    @JB-ym4up Před 4 lety

    Limit of several examples --> 19:22 = 3.

  • @Henry-mg1ro
    @Henry-mg1ro Před rokem

    How's (2 -n) equal to (n - 2)

  • @technicalsaurabhgyan4552
    @technicalsaurabhgyan4552 Před 4 lety +1

    Please take an Indian jee question.

  • @arvindsrinivasan424
    @arvindsrinivasan424 Před 4 lety

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @shahrukhshikalgar6714
    @shahrukhshikalgar6714 Před 2 lety

    Didn't we need to take floor rather than the ceiling in the first question ❓

    • @pedroteran5885
      @pedroteran5885 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Floor+1 works but ceiling+1 also works. I guess he chose ceiling to avoid showing floor(x)+1>x, as ceiling(x)+1>x is obvious.

  • @pandas896
    @pandas896 Před 4 lety +2

    What is real analysis, please someone tell me ?

    • @jackmaibach8316
      @jackmaibach8316 Před 4 lety

      basically the proof of calculus, carefully checking why things are true

  • @a_llama
    @a_llama Před 4 lety +1

    ok great

  • @TomerBenDavid
    @TomerBenDavid Před 4 lety

    👍😀

  • @mathsboard3155
    @mathsboard3155 Před 4 lety +1

    Find a,b,c if a+b+c=13 and a×b×c=56

  • @luisbelgois2102
    @luisbelgois2102 Před 4 lety

    Illuminati intensifies