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Calculus Level 3

lim x 0 + { lim n 1 2 ( sin x ) x + 2 2 ( sin x ) x + + n 2 ( sin x ) x n 3 } = ? \lim_{x \to 0^+} \left\{ \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{\lfloor 1^2(\sin x)^x \rfloor + \lfloor 2^2(\sin x)^x \rfloor + \dots + \lfloor n^2(\sin x)^x \rfloor}{n^3} \right\} = \ ?

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The answer is 0.33.

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We know 0 < sin ( x ) < 1 \displaystyle 0<\sin(x)<1 in the interval ( 0 , ε ) (0,\varepsilon) for very very small positive ε \varepsilon

So 0 < ( sin ( x ) ) x < 1 0<(\sin(x))^{x}<1 in the interval ( 0 , ε ) (0,\varepsilon) .

We know lim x 0 + ( sin ( x ) ) x = 1 \displaystyle \lim_{x\to 0^{+}} (\sin(x))^{x} = 1 we can prove it using the L'Hospital's Rule .

lim x 0 + ( sin ( x ) ) x = exp ( lim x 0 + ln ( sin ( x ) ) 1 x ) = exp ( lim x 0 + x x sin ( x ) cos ( x ) ) = exp ( 0 ) = 1 \displaystyle \lim_{x\to 0^{+}} (\sin(x))^{x} =\text{exp}\left(\lim_{x\to 0^{+}} \frac{\ln(\sin(x))}{\frac{1}{x}}\right) = \text{exp}\left(\lim_{x\to 0^{+}}-x\cdot\frac{x}{\sin(x)}\cdot\cos(x)\right) = \text{exp}(0) = 1

But the point is that it approaches 1 form below . That is as x x becomes smaller and smaller and goes closer and closer to 0 ( sin ( x ) ) x (\sin(x))^{x} goes closer and closer to 1 1 but is always lesser than 1 1 .

Here is a graph showing that:-

So lim x 0 + r 2 ( sin ( x ) ) x = r 2 1 \displaystyle \lim_{x\to 0^{+}}\left\lfloor r^{2}(\sin(x))^{x}\right\rfloor = r^{2}-1 . \quad\quad ( Note here that the limit x 0 + x\to 0^{+} can be taken inside the fractional part function because the fractional part function is a monotonic increasing and continuous function in the interval ( 0 , ε ) (0,\varepsilon) , where 0 < ε < 1. 0<\varepsilon<1.

This is happening becasue r 2 ( sin ( x ) ) x r^{2}(\sin(x))^{x} becomes closer and closer to r 2 r^{2} but does not reach it. It attains a value really really close to r 2 r^{2} but it still is lesser than r 2 r^{2} . So the floor of it would spit out the integer just lesser than r 2 r^{2} which is r 2 1 r^{2}-1

So our limit becomes { lim n r = 1 n r 2 1 n 3 } = { lim n n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 6 n n 3 } = { 1 3 } = 1 3 0.333 \displaystyle \left\{\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{\sum_{r=1}^{n} r^{2} -1}{n^{3}}\right\} =\left\{\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{\frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6} -n}{n^{3}}\right\} = \left\{\frac{1}{3}\right\} = \frac{1}{3} \approx 0.333

Anawat Nartkulpat
Oct 21, 2020

From x 1 < = x < = x x-1 <= \left \lfloor{x} \right \rfloor <= x , we have \\ 1 n 2 + 1 n k = 1 n k 2 n 2 ( sin x ) x < = 1 n 3 k = 1 n k 2 ( sin x ) x < = 1 n k = 1 n k 2 n 2 ( sin x ) x . -\frac{1}{n^2} + \frac{1}{n} \sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac{k^{2}}{n^2} (\sin{x})^{x} <= \frac{1}{n^3} \sum_{k=1}^{n} \left \lfloor{ k^{2} (\sin{x})^{x} } \right \rfloor <= \frac{1}{n} \sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac{k^{2}}{n^2} (\sin{x})^{x} . \\ As n n \to \infty , using the squeeze theorem gives \\ \\ lim n 1 n 3 k = 1 n k 2 ( sin x ) x = ( sin x ) x 0 1 t 2 d t = ( sin x ) x 3 \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{n^3} \sum_{k=1}^{n} \left \lfloor{ k^{2} (\sin{x})^{x} } \right \rfloor = (\sin{x})^{x} \int_{0}^{1} t^2 dt = \frac{(\sin{x})^x }{3} . \\

Hence, the given limit is simplified to \\ lim x 0 + { ( sin x ) x 3 } = { 1 3 } = 1 3 \lim_{x \to 0^+} \{ \frac{(\sin{x})^x }{3} \} = \{ \frac{1}{3} \} = \frac{1}{3} .

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