Interesting Limit (7)

Calculus Level 3

lim n k = 1 n 2 1 n 2 + k = ? \large\lim_{n\to\infty}\sum_{k=1}^{n^2}\frac1 {n^2+k}=\, ?


The answer is 0.69314718.

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2 solutions

Brian Lie
Apr 4, 2018

L = lim n k = 1 n 2 1 n 2 + k = lim n 1 n 2 k = 1 n 2 1 1 + k n 2 = 0 1 d x 1 + x = ln ( 1 + x ) 0 1 = ln 2 0.69314718 \begin{aligned} L&=\lim_{n\to\infty}\sum_{k=1}^{n^2}\frac1 {n^2+k} \\&=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac1 {n^2}\sum_{k=1}^{n^2}\frac 1 {1+\frac k {n^2}} \\&=\int_0^1\frac {dx}{1+x} \\&=\ln (1+x)\big|_0^1 \\&=\ln 2\approx\boxed{0.69314718} \end{aligned}

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Richard Xu
Apr 4, 2018

Use the fact that

lim n ( k = 1 n 1 k ln ( n ) γ ) = 0 \displaystyle \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}(\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{k} -\ln(n) - \gamma) = 0

where γ \gamma is the Euler Constant, the limit we are dealing with is

ln ( 2 n 2 ) ln ( n 2 ) = ln 2 \ln (2n^2) - \ln (n^2) = \ln 2

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