IITJEE Mains 2016 (offline)

Calculus Level 3

lim n ( ( n + 1 ) ( n + 2 ) ( 3 n ) n 2 n ) 1 / n = ? \large \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\left(\dfrac{(n+1)(n+2)\cdots (3n)}{n^{2n}}\right)^{1/n} = \, ?

3 ln 3 2 3\ln3-2 9 e 2 \frac{9}{e^{2}} 27 e 2 \frac{27}{e^{2}} 18 e 2 \frac{18}{e^{2}}

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This limit can be rewritten as lim n ( ( 3 n ) ! n ! n 2 n ) 1 n \displaystyle\lim_{n \to \infty} \left(\dfrac{(3n)!}{n!*n^{2n}}\right)^{\frac{1}{n}} .

Now by Stirling's approximation k ! 2 π k ( k e ) k k! \to \sqrt{2\pi k}\left(\dfrac{k}{e}\right)^{k} as k k \to \infty . Our limit then takes the form

lim n ( 2 π 3 n ( 3 n e ) 3 n 2 π n ( n e ) n n 2 n ) 1 n = lim n ( 3 3 3 n e 2 n ) 1 n = lim n 3 1 2 n × lim n ( ( 27 e 2 ) n ) 1 n = 27 e 2 \displaystyle\lim_{n \to \infty} \left(\dfrac{\sqrt{2\pi*3n}\left(\dfrac{3n}{e}\right)^{3n}}{\sqrt{2\pi n}\left(\dfrac{n}{e}\right)^{n}*n^{2n}}\right)^{\frac{1}{n}} = \lim_{n \to \infty} \left(\sqrt{3} * \dfrac{3^{3n}}{e^{2n}}\right)^{\frac{1}{n}} = \lim_{n \to \infty} 3^{\frac{1}{2n}} \times \lim_{n \to \infty} \left( \left(\dfrac{27}{e^{2}}\right)^{n}\right)^{\frac{1}{n}} = \boxed{\dfrac{27}{e^{2}}} .

Yes,I did it the same way in exam. But, I think this can be solved without using the Stirling's Approximation because we aren't supposed to know that in 12th grade.

Saarthak Marathe - 5 years, 2 months ago

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Exactly... Reimann sums is the actual way (in our course)....

Rishabh Jain - 5 years, 2 months ago

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Can u post the solution please

Saarthak Marathe - 5 years, 2 months ago

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@Saarthak Marathe I already posted a solution and unfortunately deleted it and Brilliant doesn't allow to post multiple solutions to a problem.... Here's an outline:

Write it as:

e lim n 1 n ( r = 1 2 n ln ( 1 + r n ) ) \huge e^{\large{\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac 1n\left(\sum_{r=1}^{2n}\ln\left(1+\frac{r}{n}\right)\right) }}

By Reimann Sums this is nothing but:

e 0 2 ln ( 1 + x ) d x \huge e^{\large{\displaystyle\int_0^2 \ln(1+x)\mathrm{d}x }}

The integral is very easy to calculate and the result follows. .

Rishabh Jain - 5 years, 2 months ago

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@Rishabh Jain Thank you. I tried this during the exam but I always took r / n r/n as r / n 2 n r/{n}^{2n} . So this was my silly mistake. But then I solved it by Stirling's Approximation

Saarthak Marathe - 5 years, 2 months ago

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