How to prove $\lim_{n \to \infty} \int_0^{\pi/2}\sin^{n}(x)dx=0$?

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$$\lim_{n \to \infty} \int_0^{\pi/2}\sin^{n}(x)dx=0$$

First I tried by recurrence relation

$$\int_0^{\pi/2}\sin^{n}(x)dx=I_n=\frac{n-1}{n} I_{n-2}$$

Than $I_n$ is cauchy sequence because $\frac{n-1}{n}<1$ So it's bounded and converge.

But how to prove limit is 0?

Futhermore, It is possible that prove without using recurrence relation?

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This is an immediate consequence of DCT (Dominated Convergence Theorem).

Ref . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominated_convergence_theorem

Proof without using DCT. Let $\epsilon >0$. Note that $\int_{\pi /2-\epsilon}^{\pi/2} \sin^{n} x dx \leq \int_{\pi /2-\epsilon}^{\pi/2} 1 dx=\epsilon$. Now consider $\int_0^{\pi /2-\epsilon} \sin x^{n} dx$. Observe that the supremum of $\sin x$ on $[0,\pi /2-\epsilon]$ is a number $r$ less than $1$. Hence $\int_0^{\pi /2-\epsilon} \sin x^{n} dx \leq r^{n} (\pi /2) \to 0$. Now just add the two integrals.