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Is 2 \sqrt{2} the limit of a sequence of numbers of the form 3 n 3 m , ( n , m = 0 , 1 , 2 , ) ^3 \! \sqrt{n} - ^3 \! \sqrt{m},(n,m=0,1,2,\dots) ?

Yes No

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Vishruth Bharath
Feb 6, 2018

By the binomial expression, we get that -

n + 1 3 n 3 = n 1 / 3 ( 1 + 1 n 1 / 3 n 1 / 3 = n 1 / 3 ( 1 + 0 ( 1 n ) ) n 1 / 3 = O ( n 2 / 3 ) \sqrt[3]{n+1}-\sqrt[3]{n}= n^{1/3}(1+\frac{1}{n}^{1/3}-n^{1/3}=n^{1/3}(1+0(\frac{1}{n}))-n^{1/3}=O(n^{-2/3})

so n + 1 3 n 3 0 \sqrt[3]{n+1}-\sqrt[3]{n} \rightarrow 0 as n n \rightarrow \infty . If m > r 3 m>r^3 . Then, the numbers

0 = m 3 m 3 < m + 1 3 m 3 < < m + 7 m 3 m 3 m 3 = m 3 0=\sqrt[3]{m}-\sqrt[3]{m}<\sqrt[3]{m+1}-\sqrt[3]{m}<\dots<\sqrt[3]{m+7m}-\sqrt[3]{m}-\sqrt[3]{m}=\sqrt[3]{m} partition the interval [ 0 , m 3 ] [0,\sqrt[3]{m}] , containing r r , in such a way that the largest subinterval is of size O ( m 2 / 3 O(m^{-2/3} . By taking m m sufficiently large, one can find a difference among these that is arbitrarily close to r r . Therefore, the answer is Yes \color{#20A900}\boxed{\text{Yes}} .

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