Question #a365c

1 Answer
Feb 15, 2017

Expand the sequence, going once around the unit circle. (That is, from #n=0# to #n=11#.)

This allows us to see the sequence as

#1, -1/2, (2+sqrt3)/2, 0, (2+sqrt3)/2, -1/2, 1, -3/2, (2-sqrt3)/2, -2, (2-sqrt3)/2, -3/2#

The sequence then repeats this pattern endlessly.

The limit points are #1, -1/2, (2+sqrt3)/2, 0, -3/2, (2-sqrt3)/2, -2#

The sequence is bounded above by every number greater than or equal to #(2+sqrt3)/2# so the supremum is #(2+sqrt3)/2# and the lim sup is #(2+sqrt3)/2#.

The sequence is bounded below by every number less than or equal to #-2# so the infimum is #-2# and the lim inf is #-2#.