# Epsilon Convergence Proof

• September 15th 2010, 09:30 PM
DavyHilbert
Epsilon Convergence Proof
Prove that the sequence sum(i=1 --> n) 1/(10^i) converges.

I'm pretty sure it converges to 1/9 but how to we get there by fixing epsilon?
• September 15th 2010, 10:50 PM
Prove It
I'm not sure what you mean by "epsilon convergence" but this is a geometric series.

You should know that for a finite geometric series

$S_n = \frac{a(1 - r^n)}{1 - r}$.

Therefore it is convergent.

You should also be able to see that if you make $n \to \infinity$, i.e. make this an infinite series, since $|r| < 1$, that means $r^n \to 0$ and thus the sum goes to $S_{\infty} = \frac{a}{1 - r}$, which is also convergent.
• September 16th 2010, 08:14 AM
DavyHilbert
We need to prove convergence by fixing ε > 0 and showing $absval(a_n - L) = absval((sum(i=1 ->n) 1/(10^i) - 1/9) <$ε
• September 16th 2010, 08:35 AM
Defunkt
1) You can simply write | | instead of absval, even with LaTeX.
2) As Prove It said,
$\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{10^i} = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{10} \cdot \frac{1 - 10^{-n}}{1 - 10^{-1}}$

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