Recently got this on a test:
$$\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{\prod_{k=1}^n(2k-1)}{(2n)^n}$$
Because it's a freshman calculus course, I think we were expected to solve it like a physicist. Taking a look at the first few terms of the series:
$$\{\frac{1}{2},\frac{3}{16},\frac{5}{216},\cdots\}$$And saying "this probably converges at $0$". Because this is all that's been covered in our text so far. I find this really sketchy, considering how carefully we normally tiptoe around infinities. What would be a more robust solution of this problem?
Edit
Sorry, the question in the title was different from the one here. Fixed.
Attempted solution by ratio test
$$\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{\frac{3\cdot5\cdot7\cdot\cdots\cdot(n-1)\cdot n\cdot(n+1)}{(2n+2)^n(2n+2)}}{\frac{3\cdot5\cdot7\cdot\cdots\cdot(n-1)\cdot n}{(2n)^n}}=\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{2^nn^n(n+1)}{(2n+2)^{(n+1)}}$$Both the top and the bottom have a largest term of $n^{n+1}$, but at the bottom there is a coefficient of $2^{n+1}$, so the series converges.
Is this good reasoning?
$$ \frac{\prod_{k=1}^n(2\,k-1)}{(2\,n)^n}=\frac{1}{2\,n}\cdot\frac{3}{2\,n}\cdot\dots\cdot\frac{2\,n-1}{2\,n}<\frac{1}{2\,n}. $$