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worker201:
Well, at least we got some higher mathematics onto this forum!

Calum:
it's not convergent, it's the numerical equivalent of that thing of throwing a dart at a dartboard, the dart will never get there because it will always have to travel half the distance in the interim.

actually it's not that at all, because in that example, both time and distance get halved, whereas in this example only one variable does, follow?

anyway, the sequence does get closer and closer to zero, however it will never reach zero, because the figure on the bottom of the fraction can never be absolutely high (so as to make the resultant fraction equal to zero, yes?)

well, i know what i mean anyway...

worker201:
Yes, yes, except this sequence is increasing, not decreasing.

Lim x--> infinity = infinity

(but it sure as hell looks like it is going to run out of steam before it hits 10...)

Calum:
oh i see what you're doing

in that case, it's like the representation of a snail's shell.

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