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Calculus Level 4

z n + 1 = z n 1 + 1 + z n 2 \large z_{n+1} = \dfrac{z_n}{1 + \sqrt{1+z_n^2}}

Suppose we define a recurrence relation as described above with initial term of z 1 = 1 z_1 = 1 . Evaluate the limit below.

lim n ( 2 n + 1 × z n ) \lim_{n\to\infty} \left( 2^{n+1} \times z_n \right)


The answer is 3.14.

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2 solutions

Chew-Seong Cheong
Jan 29, 2016

From the first few values of z n z_n , we note that z n = tan ( π 2 n + 1 ) z_n = \tan \left(\dfrac{\pi}{2^{n+1}} \right) . Let us proof it by induction.

  1. For n = 1 n=1 , z 1 = tan ( π 2 2 ) = tan π 4 = 1 z_1 = \tan \left(\dfrac{\pi}{2^{2}} \right) = \tan \frac{\pi}{4} = 1 . Therefore it is true for n = 1 n=1 .

  2. Assuming that it is true for all n 1 n \ge 1 , then:

z n + 1 = tan ( π 2 n + 2 ) = tan ( 1 2 ˙ π 2 n + 1 ) Since tan ( π 2 n + 1 ) = 2 tan ( 1 2 ˙ π 2 n + 1 ) 1 tan 2 ( 1 2 ˙ π 2 n + 1 ) z n = 2 z n + 1 1 z n + 1 2 z n 1 + 1 + z n 2 = 2 z n + 1 1 z n + 1 2 + 1 2 z n + 1 2 + z n + 1 4 + 4 z n + 1 2 = 2 z n + 1 1 z n + 1 2 + 1 + 2 z n + 1 2 + z n + 1 4 = 2 z n + 1 1 z n + 1 2 + 1 + z n + 1 2 = z n + 1 \begin{aligned} z_{n+1} & = \tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2^{n+2}} \right) = \tan \left(\frac{1}{2}\dot{}\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}} \right) \\ \quad \quad \text{Since } \tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}} \right) & = \frac{2 \tan \left(\frac{1}{2}\dot{}\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}} \right)}{1-\tan^2 \left(\frac{1}{2}\dot{}\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}}\right)} \\ \Rightarrow z_n & = \frac{2z_{n+1}}{1-z^2_{n+1}} \\ \Rightarrow \frac{z_n}{1+\sqrt{1+z_n^2}} & = \frac{2z_{n+1}}{1-z_{n+1}^2 + \sqrt{1-2z_{n+1}^2+z_{n+1}^4+4z^2_{n+1}}} \\ & = \frac{2z_{n+1}}{1-z_{n+1}^2 + \sqrt{1+2z_{n+1}^2+z_{n+1}^4}} \\ & = \frac{2z_{n+1}}{1-z_{n+1}^2 + 1 + z_{n+1}^2} \\ & = z_{n+1} \end{aligned}

\quad It is true for n + 1 n+1 too and therefore true for all n 1 n \ge 1 .

Therefore,

lim n 2 n + 1 z n = lim n 2 n + 1 tan ( π 2 n + 1 ) = 2 n + 1 ( π 2 n + 1 ) = π \begin{aligned} \lim_{n \to \infty} 2^{n+1} z_n & = \lim_{n \to \infty} 2^{n+1} \tan \left(\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}} \right) \\ & = 2^{n+1} \left(\frac{\pi}{2^{n+1}} \right) \\ & = \boxed{\pi} \end{aligned}

Aakash Khandelwal
Oct 29, 2015

Take z n z_n as t a n ψ tan\psi

Keep posting these types of interesting problems

Atul Shivam - 5 years, 7 months ago

Thanks to whoever who has edited my problem.

Aakash Khandelwal - 5 years, 7 months ago

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