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#401 2012-02-17 02:39:34
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
why not?
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#402 2012-02-17 02:40:35
- bobbym
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Re: Limits!
I thought it was kind of artificial. Anyway, it did not stick in my head.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#403 2012-02-17 02:48:04
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
well a proof is a proof,although i don't like proofs with the use of computers.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#404 2012-02-17 02:50:40
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Re: Limits!
Better get used to them. I will see you a little later.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#405 2012-02-17 02:56:53
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
ok.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#406 2012-02-17 05:56:46
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Re: Limits!
Hi,
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#407 2012-02-17 06:00:18
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
hi gAr
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#408 2012-02-17 08:22:47
- bobbym
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Hi gAr and anonimnystefy;
We can now use the fact that all the terms are positive except for (-1)^n which oscillates. We just need to prove it does not get smaller.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#409 2012-02-17 09:03:53
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Re: Limits!
i don't think i understand you.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#410 2012-02-17 09:06:41
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Re: Limits!
Which part?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#411 2012-02-17 09:07:44
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
all of it.
and could you check the series thread?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#412 2012-02-17 09:11:02
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This was just a suggestion. I will need to look at it before I can say anything. I am being called away for chores, see you later.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#413 2012-02-17 09:11:49
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Re: Limits!
ok.see you 
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#414 2012-02-17 11:24:27
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Hi gAr;
Good to see you, thanks for the idea.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#415 2012-02-17 11:45:49
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Re: Limits!
hi bobbym
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#416 2012-02-17 12:17:00
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Re: Limits!
Hi;
That is correct!
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#417 2012-02-17 16:22:12
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Re: Limits!
Hi bobbym,
You're welcome.
"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense" - Buddha?
"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#418 2012-02-17 23:44:14
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Re: Limits!
What is the limit of a_n as n approaches infinity, with a being any real number.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#419 2012-02-18 02:24:42
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
hi bobbym
i would say that it's but i am not sure.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#420 2012-02-18 07:04:23
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Re: Limits!
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#421 2012-02-18 07:19:49
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
hi bobbym
i knew it.that was just a guess.i have no idea how to do this one 
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#422 2012-02-18 07:21:43
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Re: Limits!
It is difficult to do in the classical way, but maybe there is something else...
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#423 2012-02-18 07:27:20
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Limits!
what is that else?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#424 2012-02-18 07:52:29
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Re: Limits!
I do not know yet. I am busy working on the other problem.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#425 2012-02-18 08:04:57
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Re: Limits!
ok,let me know when you know what that else is.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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