Consider the recurrence relation with . If the limit above can be expressed as for rational numbers and , find the value of .
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By closely observing the recurrence we see we have to use a substitution :
T n = 2 c o s ( 2 n θ ) , where θ is an arbitary constant.
You can verify that it satisfies the recurrence relation.
For finding θ put , n = 0
2 c o s ( θ ) = 0
⇒ θ = 2 π
Hence we got T n = 2 c o s ( 2 n + 1 π )
Hence our limit becomes :
L = n → ∞ lim 4 n ( 3 − 3 ( 1 + 2 cos 2 n + 1 π ) )
Put 2 n + 1 π = x to get the limit as :
L = 4 π 2 x → 0 lim ( x 2 3 − 3 ( 1 + 2 cos x ) )