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Ch. 10 - Sequences and Infinite Series
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 10, Problema 10.2.83c

Explain why or why not
Determine whether the following statements are true and give an explanation or counterexample.


c.The convergent sequences {aₙ} and {bₙ} differ in their first 100 terms, but aₙ = bₙ for n > 100.
It follows that limₙ→∞aₙ = limₙ→∞bₙ.

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Recall the definition of the limit of a sequence: A sequence \( \{a_n\} \) converges to a limit \( L \) if for every \( \varepsilon > 0 \), there exists an \( N \) such that for all \( n > N \), \( |a_n - L| < \varepsilon \).
Note that the behavior of a sequence at finitely many terms (such as the first 100 terms) does not affect the limit, because the limit depends only on the terms as \( n \to \infty \).
Given that \( a_n = b_n \) for all \( n > 100 \), the two sequences are identical from the 101st term onward.
Since both sequences \( \{a_n\} \) and \( \{b_n\} \) are convergent, and they agree on all terms beyond \( n = 100 \), their tails are the same and must converge to the same limit.
Therefore, it follows that \( \lim_{n \to \infty} a_n = \lim_{n \to \infty} b_n \), regardless of differences in the first 100 terms.

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