Limit Superior and Limit Inferior Explained (with Example Problems) | Real Analysis

We visualize what the lim sup of a sequence is, discuss the definitions of lim sup and lim inf, introduce two sequence theorems regaring lim sup and lim inf, and do several examples of finding the limit superior and limit inferior of a sequence. #realanalysis
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  • @hmingthansangavangchhia4913
    @hmingthansangavangchhia49138 ай бұрын

    Very clear explanation. Even for beginners. I think it is much clearer than the one from 'The Bright Side of Mathematics'.

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Hopefully between Bright Side and myself we can offer explanations for all real analysis topics people will be able to understand well!

  • @Megane.Senpai
    @Megane.Senpai10 ай бұрын

    thanks man, your explanations are crystal clear and are really helping me for my grad school preparations.

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    10 ай бұрын

    It’s my pleasure - thanks for watching and good luck with grad school!

  • @cyrustaba6695
    @cyrustaba6695 Жыл бұрын

    hello great video i was wondering where the proofs are that you mentioned you would put in the description thank you again

  • @Joe-pj6ds
    @Joe-pj6ds Жыл бұрын

    Great video - thanks very much - your real analysis playlist has become my substitute for lacklustre lecturers.

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to help! I plan on doing a lot of work to build up the playlist this summer, hopefully it will continue being a useful substitute for years to come!

  • @ncebamaloka1296
    @ncebamaloka1296 Жыл бұрын

    You the man🙏🏿 I hope you have a great day

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot Nceba, same to you!

  • @Maria-yx4se
    @Maria-yx4se10 ай бұрын

    This is great!!!! I was having a hard time understanding the defn from the textbook, turns out it only takes one search from yt to get this over with.

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    10 ай бұрын

    Glad to help - thanks for watching!

  • @a.j.apalla854
    @a.j.apalla8549 ай бұрын

    Taking RA rn- this video helped a lot thanks! (Subbed)

  • @user-vn5to8jb3f
    @user-vn5to8jb3f Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much this was so helpful

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to hear it, thanks for watching!

  • @davidshi451
    @davidshi451 Жыл бұрын

    Your explanation is really helpful! Thanks again for taking my request, you're like a mathematical DJ :) Just curious, where are these exercises from? Also, your sweater is excellent 🐸

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    Жыл бұрын

    So glad it was helpful! That's the goal, haha! I used to turn lesson requests around in

  • @Werner-sl4ii
    @Werner-sl4ii11 ай бұрын

    @Wrath of Math I have looked in the description for a link to the videos with the proofs but I couldn't see any. I would love to watch them if you can kindly point out where I can can find them. I love your videos please keep them coming :)

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    11 ай бұрын

    Those videos are not done yet, I will add their links to the description as soon as they are! Thank you for watching and sorry for the delay on those!

  • @xxmalabolaxx
    @xxmalabolaxx8 ай бұрын

    You are really a wizard.

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @sofiabarra4808
    @sofiabarra480811 ай бұрын

    Muy buen video crak

  • @matteabaluci3292
    @matteabaluci3292 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you !!!

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to help!

  • @jairoselin5119
    @jairoselin51197 күн бұрын

    Wonderful Video,sir😊🙏🌠

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    7 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Duygu5334
    @Duygu53342 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    2 ай бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @davidporubic1149
    @davidporubic11497 ай бұрын

    Is it ok to write for limes inferior=5 and limes superior =7 as an=5+2/n

  • @turokg1578
    @turokg1578 Жыл бұрын

    Let's get to differentiation my man!

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    Жыл бұрын

    I am going as fast as I can!

  • @severed_toast
    @severed_toast6 ай бұрын

    this was a great explanation, thank you. but i'm still stuck on how to work with limsup/liminf if it tends to something else other than infinity (e.g. 0 or 1) since I don't know where you would start 'cutting off' terms.

  • @severed_toast

    @severed_toast

    6 ай бұрын

    for example, i wanted to check whether the limit exists for a_n = lim_(x -> 1) (cos(1/lnx)). I calculated limsup and liminf as x goes to infinity and they were both 1. does this mean that the limit exists for a_n? Or do i have to calculate limsup and liminf as x goes to 1 instead?

  • @Bedoroski
    @Bedoroski7 ай бұрын

    A dedicated explanation as usual. But I wonder, so can it be the case that: a sequence has all of its terms be less than (or =) some constant C, but C may not be limsup(seq). It can be a graph where in the first N-th terms, it increases to a very value C . After that, it decreases to some value and then converge to some number D that's lower than C. Is my interpretation valid? I personally think we should include these confusing examples to strenghthen the understading of the material.

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the question! If I understand you right, the answer is no. For example, maybe our sequence seems to approach C for the first 100 terms and then starts decreasing to some number D. Then if we consider the Supremum of the terms after term 101, that Supremum will necessarily be less than C because the 101th term, which we assume has decreased from C, is the Supremum of the set of terms succeeding the 100th term. By similar logic, we can see the limsup will not be C because the Supremum of the tails will continue to decrease as we go further in the sequence.

  • @Bedoroski

    @Bedoroski

    7 ай бұрын

    @@WrathofMathSorry for my lack of clarity. I mean that the sequence increases to C for the first 100 terms, then decreases. But: only for a FINITE number of steps, after that, the sequence increases again while also converging to D. And we assume D

  • @WrathofMath

    @WrathofMath

    7 ай бұрын

    In that case D would be the supremum, since it is the supremum of the tail, and limit supremums concern the "tail" behavior