If A = [ 3 lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) 0 0 3 ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1 ] [ 3 0 0 3 ] ,
find lim n → ∞ T r ( lo g n 2 A ) .
Details and assumptions:
T r ( A ) is the sum of all elements on the diagonal of the matrix.
n is a natural number greater than 1.
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This exercise is all about logarithms! We will start by first simplifying A .
A = [ 3 lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) 0 0 3 ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1 ] [ 3 0 0 3 ] = e [ 3 0 0 3 ] ln [ 3 lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) 0 0 3 ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1 ] = e [ 3 ln 3 lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) 0 0 3 ln 3 ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1 ] = e [ ln lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) 0 0 ln ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1 ] = [ lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) 0 0 ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1 ] .
Next, we need to find the value we need to take the limit of. Since the trace is a linear operator, and l o g n 2 1 is a scalar from the field of the vector space of the matrix, we can conclude that T r ( l o g n 2 A ) = l o g n 2 1 T r ( A ) =
l o g n 2 lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) + ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1
We need to take the limit of this value.
lim n → ∞ l o g n 2 lo g n ( 2 lo g n 2 n ) + ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 1
lim n → ∞ lo g n 2 1 + lo g n 2 − ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 lo g n 2 lo g n 2
lim n → ∞ lo g 2 n 1 + lo g 2 n − ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 1
If we assume the rest of the limit is convergent, we get
lim n → ∞ lo g 2 n − ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 1
lim n → ∞ ln 2 ln n − ∑ k = 1 n k ⋅ ln 2 1
ln 2 1 lim n → ∞ ln n − ∑ k = 1 n k 1
− ln 2 1 lim n → ∞ ( ∑ k = 1 n k 1 ) − ln n = − ln 2 γ ≈ − 0 . 8 3 2 7 , where γ ≈ 0 . 5 7 7 2 is the Euler-Mascheroni constant.