Limits of sequences

There are 18 NRICH Mathematical resources connected to Limits of sequences
Summing geometric progressions
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Summing geometric progressions

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Watch the video to see how to sum the sequence. Can you adapt the method to sum other sequences?

Climbing Powers
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Climbing powers

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16 to 18
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$2\wedge 3\wedge 4$ could be $(2^3)^4$ or $2^{(3^4)}$. Does it make any difference? For both definitions, which is bigger: $r\wedge r\wedge r\wedge r\dots$ where the powers of $r$ go on for ever, or $(r^r)^r$, where $r$ is $\sqrt{2}$?
Approximating Pi
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Approximating pi

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14 to 18
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By inscribing a circle in a square and then a square in a circle find an approximation to pi. By using a hexagon, can you improve on the approximation?
Slide
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Slide

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16 to 18
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This function involves absolute values. To find the slope on the slide use different equations to define the function in different parts of its domain.
Squareness
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Squareness

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16 to 18
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The family of graphs of x^n + y^n =1 (for even n) includes the circle. Why do the graphs look more and more square as n increases?
Litov's Mean Value Theorem
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Litov's mean value theorem

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11 to 14
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Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...
Diminishing Returns
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Diminishing returns

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11 to 14
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How much of the square is coloured blue? How will the pattern continue?
A Swiss sum
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A swiss sum

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16 to 18
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Can you use the given image to say something about the sum of an infinite series?
Little and Large
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Little and large

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16 to 18
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A point moves around inside a rectangle. What are the least and the greatest values of the sum of the squares of the distances from the vertices?
Archimedes and numerical roots
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Archimedes and numerical roots

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14 to 16
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The problem is how did Archimedes calculate the lengths of the sides of the polygons which needed him to be able to calculate square roots?