Is the limit of a sequence of numbers of the form ?
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By the binomial expression, we get that -
3 n + 1 − 3 n = n 1 / 3 ( 1 + n 1 1 / 3 − n 1 / 3 = n 1 / 3 ( 1 + 0 ( n 1 ) ) − n 1 / 3 = O ( n − 2 / 3 )
so 3 n + 1 − 3 n → 0 as n → ∞ . If m > r 3 . Then, the numbers
0 = 3 m − 3 m < 3 m + 1 − 3 m < ⋯ < 3 m + 7 m − 3 m − 3 m = 3 m partition the interval [ 0 , 3 m ] , containing r , in such a way that the largest subinterval is of size O ( m − 2 / 3 . By taking m sufficiently large, one can find a difference among these that is arbitrarily close to r . Therefore, the answer is Yes .