Find the limit, as \(n\rightarrow\infty,\) of each of the following.
You should explain your reasoning briefly.
\begin{alignat*}{4}
\mathbf{(i)\ \ } & \dfrac{n}{n+1}, & \qquad & \mathbf{(ii)\ \ } & \dfrac{5n+1}{n^{2}-3n+4}, & \qquad & \mathbf{(iii)\ \ } & \dfrac{\sin n}{n},\\
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\mathbf{(iv)\ \ } & \dfrac{\sin(1/n)}{(1/n)}, & & \mathbf{(v)}\ \ & (\arctan n)^{-1}, & & \mathbf{(vi)\ \ } & \dfrac{\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n}}{\sqrt{n+2}-\sqrt{n}}.
\end{alignat*}
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Solution:
\begin{align*}
\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{n}{n+1} &= \lim_{n \to \infty} \left (1 - \frac{1}{n+1} \right ) \\
&\underbrace{=}_{\text{sum of limits}} \lim_{n \to \infty} 1 - \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{n+1}\\
&= 1
\end{align*} \begin{align*}
\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{5n+1}{n^2-3n+4} &= \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{5/n + 1/n^2}{1-3/n+ 4/n^2} \\
&\underbrace{=}_{\text{ratio of limits}} \frac{\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}(5/n + 1/n^2)}{\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty}(1-3/n+ 4/n^2)} \\
&= \frac{0}{1} = 0
\end{align*} \begin{align*}
&& \lvert \frac{\sin n}{n} \rvert &\leq \frac{1}{n} \quad \quad (n \geq 1) \\
\Rightarrow && \lim_{n \to \infty} \lvert \frac{\sin n}{n} \rvert &\leq \lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{1}{n} \\
&&&= 0\\
\Rightarrow && \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{\sin n}{n} &= 0
\end{align*} First note that \(\displaystyle \lim_{x \to 0} \frac{\sin x}{x} \to 1\), then \(\frac1n\) is a sequence converging to zero, therefore \(\frac{\sin 1/n}{1/n}\) also must tend to \(1\). Note that \(\lim_{x \to \infty} \tan^{-1} x = \frac{\pi}{2}\) and since \(n\) is a sequence tending to infinity we must have \(\lim_{n \to \infty} \tan^{-1} n = \frac{\pi}{2}\) \begin{align*}
\lim_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{\sqrt{n+1}-\sqrt{n}}{\sqrt{n+2}-\sqrt{n}} &= \lim_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{\frac{1}{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n}}}{\frac{2}{\sqrt{n+2}+\sqrt{n}}} \\
&= \frac12 \lim_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{\sqrt{n+2}+\sqrt{n}}{\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n}}\\
&= \frac12 \lim_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{\sqrt{1+2/n}+\sqrt{1}}{\sqrt{1+1/n}+\sqrt{1}}\\
&= \frac12
\end{align*}