Succession Limit

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Thru the limit definition $(u_n)$ is the succession and $a$ is the limit of it :

$$ \left(u_n\right)\to\:a\:\:\Longleftrightarrow:\forall ε>0\:\:\:\exists p:\:\:\:\forall n\::\:\:\left(n>p\:\:\Rightarrow\:\left|u_n-a\right|< \:ε\right) $$

I need to prove the following:

$$ \frac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}}\rightarrow 0 $$

  • Zero is my 'a', (to where the Succession is going) and $$ \frac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}}\ $$ is my '$\mathbf {u_n}$'

I don't even know from where should I start.

Thank you! :)

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For any $\varepsilon >0$ we need to find a $p$ such that if $n>p$ then $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}}<\varepsilon$

reverse the inequality

$\sqrt{n+1}>\dfrac{1}{\varepsilon}\to n+1>\dfrac{1}{\varepsilon^2}\to n>\dfrac{1}{\varepsilon^2}-1$

So if we take $p=\lceil \dfrac{1}{\varepsilon^2}-1\rceil$, for any $n>p$ it happens that $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}}<\varepsilon$

For instance take $\varepsilon =10^{-6}$ we take $p=\lceil 10^{12} -1\rceil$ so if $n>p$ for instance if $n=10^{14}-1$ it happens that $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{10^{14}}}=10^{-7}<10^{-6}$

Hope this helps