find the limit of the sum $\sum_{k=n}^{2n-1}\frac{1}{2k+1}$

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Find $$\lim_{n\to+\infty}\sum_{k=n}^{2n-1}\frac{1}{2k+1}$$

i tried to write as $$\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{2k+2n+1}$$ $$=\frac 1n\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{\frac{2k+1}{n}+2}$$ like a Riemann sum, but i can't find the corresponding function. any idea will be appreciated.

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\begin{align*} \dfrac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\dfrac{1}{\dfrac{2(k+1)}{n}+2}\leq\dfrac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\dfrac{1}{\dfrac{2k+1}{n}+2}\leq\dfrac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\dfrac{1}{\dfrac{2k}{n}+2}. \end{align*} The left and right sided tend to \begin{align*} \int_{0}^{1}\dfrac{1}{2x+2}dx. \end{align*}

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As a general approach, sums like this often can be evaluated as a double limit

$$\lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{\frac{2k}{n} + 2 + \frac{1}{n}} = \lim_{n \to \infty} \lim_{m \to \infty} \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{\frac{2k}{n} + 2 + \frac{1}{m}} = \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{\frac{2k}{n} + 2 }= \int_0^2 \frac{dx}{2x+2}$$

The first step, $\lim_{n \to \infty} S_{nn} = \lim_{n\to \infty} \lim_{m \to \infty} S_{mn}$ is valid for a double sequence $(S_{mn})$ when we have $S_{mn} \to T_n$ as $m \to \infty$ uniformly for all $n$.

In this case, convergence is uniform as $m \to \infty$ for all $n$, since

$$\left| \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{\frac{2k}{n} + 2 + \frac{1}{m}}- \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{\frac{2k}{n} + 2 } \right| = \left| \frac{1}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{-\frac{1}{m}}{\left(\frac{2k}{n} + 2 + \frac{1}{m}\right)\left(\frac{2k}{n} + 2 \right)}\right| \\ \leqslant \frac{1}{nm}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{\left|\frac{2k}{n} + 2 + \frac{1}{m}\right|\left|\frac{2k}{n} + 2 \right|}\leqslant \frac{1}{nm}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{4} = \frac{1}{4m}\underset{m\to \infty}\longrightarrow 0$$