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#1044 · Algebra · Sequences & series

Limit of a geometric term

If and positive, and is a positive integer, shew that . Hence shew that is indefinitely small when is indefinitely great.

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H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. V. Geometrical Progression, Examples V.b, No. 23

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