limit of limits

Calculus Level 1

The limit is of the form m n \frac{m}{n} , where m m and n n are coprime. Find m n m-n .

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1 solution

Jake Lai
Jan 9, 2015

We can factor out the 1 n 3 \frac{1}{n^{3}} in the sum and be left with 1 n 3 ( 1 2 + 2 2 + 3 2 + + n 2 ) \frac{1}{n^{3}}(1^{2}+2^{2}+3^{2}+\ldots+n^{2}) . The formula for the sum of consecutive squares up to n n is n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 6 \frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6} . Thus, we can rewrite the limit:

lim n n ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n + 1 ) 6 n 3 = lim n 2 n 3 6 n 3 = 1 3 \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{n(n+1)(2n+1)}{6n^{3}} = \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{2n^{3}}{6n^{3}} = \frac{1}{3}

Hence, m n = 1 3 \frac{m}{n} = \frac{1}{3} and thus m n = 1 3 = 2 m-n = 1-3 = \boxed{-2} .

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