Real Analysis - Squeeze Theorem

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Originally Posted by ajj86

Show that if xn <= yn <= zn for all n Є N, and if lim xn = lim zn = b, then lim yn = b.

Let $\epsilon > 0$ be given. since $\lim x_n = b$ , there exists an $N_1 \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $n > N_1$ implies $|x_n - b| < \epsilon$ . Similarly, there is $N_2 \in \mathbb{N}$ such that $|z_n - b| < \epsilon$ whenever $n > N_2$ .

now, take $N = \text{max} \{ N_1,N_2 \}$ , and assume $n > N$ . Note that since $x_n \le y_n \le z_n$ , we have $x_n - b \le y_n - b \le z_n - b$ ....

can you finish?