Prove or give a counterexample of limsup and liminf

92 Views Asked by At

Lets $a_n$ and $b_n$ be two sequence that $0\leqslant a_n \leqslant 1$ and $0\leqslant b_n\leqslant 1$ for each $n$.

Prove or give a counterexample that:

a) if $\displaystyle\liminf_{n\to\infty} a_nb_n = 1$ then $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n = 1$

b) if $\displaystyle\limsup_{n\to\infty} a_nb_n = 0$ then $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n = 0$

I was trying to find a counterexample for hours and it's not working, I'd like to get a tip or anything...

1

There are 1 best solutions below

2
On BEST ANSWER

(a) Clearly, we have : $0 \leqslant a_nb_n \leqslant a_n \leqslant 1$. Therefore, $$1 = \displaystyle\liminf_{n\to\infty} a_nb_n \leqslant \displaystyle\liminf_{n\to\infty} a_n \leqslant 1$$ implying : $\displaystyle\liminf_{n\to\infty} a_n= 1$

Again, $$1 \geqslant \displaystyle\limsup_{n\to\infty} a_n \geqslant \liminf_{n\to\infty} a_n = 1$$ implying : $\displaystyle\limsup_{n\to\infty} a_n = \liminf_{n\to\infty} a_n = 1$

Hence, we must have $\displaystyle \lim_{n\to\infty} a_n = 1$ .


(b) As per J. W. Tanner's comment above, take $\{a_n\} = (1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , \cdots)$ and take $\{b_n\} = (0 , 1 , 0 , 1 , \cdots)$ .

Then, $\displaystyle\limsup_{n\to\infty} a_nb_n = 0$ , but $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n$ does NOT exist.