[net.math] convergent sequences

james@umcp-cs.UUCP (09/18/83)

No, x(n) -> infinity means (definition of divergence to infinity) that
for any (big) M, integer, there exists N, integer such that

	x(n) > M   whenever n > N.

This means that the sequence has to exceed, AND REMAIN GREATER THAN, any
large number M.

  --Jim

leimkuhl@uiuccsb.UUCP (09/21/83)

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uiuccsb!leimkuhl    Sep 20 09:56:00 1983


You are almost correct. 

You have actually defined "convergence to infinity."

Divergence, not "divergence to infinity" means only that the given
sequence does not converge.