1. ## Simple sequences problem

I came across something used in another proof and I wanted to prove this simple fact for myself, although when I tried to pin is down with epsilons and the like, I found that I kept getting stuck! Considering sequences in $\mathbb{R}$. I would like to show that if $\frac{x_{n+1}}{x_n}\rightarrow 0$ then $x_n \rightarrow 0$.

I would only like a hint with regards to how to do it, as I want to do it myself!

If I could prove a slightly weaker conclusion, that $\{x_n\}$ converges, then I can use the fact that convergent implies bounded and then I'd have something like

$|x_{n+1}| < \epsilon |x_n|$

for suitably large n, then I could use the bound on $x_n$ to force $x_{n+1}$ to zero and therefor $\{x_n\} \rightarrow 0$.

Am I over thinking this? Is there a simple proof? Some clever trick I have not seen?

Any help would be much appreciated, thanks

2. Is clear to you that from the given we have $\left| {\dfrac{{x_{n + 1} }}{{x_n }}} \right| \to 0?$
Therefore, we know that the series $\sum\limits_n {x_n }$ converges.
That implies $\left( {x_n } \right) \to 0$.