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Lower Limit


Let the least term h of a sequence be a term which is smaller than all but a finite number of the terms which are equal to h. Then h is called the lower limit of the sequence.

A lower limit of a series

 lowerlim_(n->infty)S_n=lim_(n->infty)__S_n=h

is said to exist if, for every epsilon>0, |S_n-h|<epsilon for infinitely many values of n and if no number less than h has this property.


See also

Infimum Limit, Limit, Supremum Limit, Upper Limit

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References

Bromwich, T. J. I'A. and MacRobert, T. M. "Upper and Lower Limits of a Sequence." §5.1 in An Introduction to the Theory of Infinite Series, 3rd ed. New York: Chelsea, p. 40 1991.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Lower Limit." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/LowerLimit.html

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