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Define . Show that the sequence converges.

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First of all it's sensible to get a feel for what the terms actually look like:

a1 = 1
a2 = 7/5 = 1.4
a3 = 41/29 = 1.41379...
a4 = 239/169 = 1.41420...

It certainly appears that the terms are increasing and that they converge to 1.414...

To find the actual limit we solve

rearranging we get so

So the limit is the ...

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