The Limit of a Sequence MIT Mathematics（麻省理工学院数学序列的极限）.pdfVIP

3 The Limit of a Sequence 3.1 Definition of limit. In Chapter 1 we discussed the limit of sequences that were monotone; this restriction allowed some short-cuts and gave a quick introduction to the concept. But many important sequences are not monotone—numerical methods, for in- stance, often lead to sequences which approach the desired answer alternately from above and below. For such sequences, the methods we used in Chapter 1 won’t work. For instance, the sequence 1.1, .9, 1.01, .99, 1.001, .999, ... has 1 as its limit, yet neither the int