n → ∞ lim P n 2 P n − 1 P n + 1
Let P n denote the product of all the numbers in the n th row of the Pascal Triangle. What is the value of the limit above? Give your answer to 3 decimal places.
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Great solution!
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Thanks ⌣ ¨
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Practice makes a man perfect @Azhaghu Roopesh M :P
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@Aditya Kumar – Hehe , I see that the picture has been removed :P
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Product of ( n − k ) ! = product of k !
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How?? Could you please explain. I am new to this
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@Aayush Patni – k = 0 ∏ n k ! = 0 ! ⋅ 1 ! ⋅ 2 ! ⋯ ( n − 1 ) ! ⋅ n ! = n ! ⋅ ( n − 1 ) ! ⋯ 2 ! ⋅ 1 ! ⋅ 0 ! = ( n − 0 ) ! ⋅ ( n − 1 ) ! ⋯ ( n − ( n − 2 ) ) ! ⋅ ( n − ( n − 1 ) ) ! ⋅ ( n − n ) ! = k = 0 ∏ n ( n − k ) !
There's an easy way to verify it if you write out both the products clearly. You'll see that all the terms of both the products are the same, but the terms in the second product are simply permuted (in a reversed order). Product of all the terms is an invariant (doesn't change on permutation of terms) which is why the two products are the same.
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@Prasun Biswas – Lol , how did I miss this comment . Thanks for answering on my behalf Prasun :)
@Prasun Biswas – Thanks. Understood
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P n = k = 0 ∏ n ( k n )
= k = 0 ∏ n ( n − k ) ! ⋅ k ! n !
= n ! n + 1 k = 0 ∏ n k ! 2 1
∴ P n + 1 = ( n + 1 ) ! n + 2 k = 0 ∏ n + 1 k ! 2 1
⇒ P n P n + 1 = n ! ( n + 1 ) n , P n − 1 P n = ( n − 1 ) ! ( n ) n − 1
Now the question asks for,
n → ∞ lim P n 2 P n − 1 P n + 1
So we have ,
n → ∞ lim P n 2 P n − 1 P n + 1 = n → ∞ lim n ! × n n − 1 ( n − 1 ) ! ( n + 1 ) n
= n → ∞ lim n × n n − 1 ( n + 1 ) n
= n → ∞ lim ( n n + 1 ) n
= n → ∞ lim ( 1 + n 1 ) n
= e