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Proof of Constant Sequences and Index-Shifted Sequences of Real Numbers

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Both claims are immediate from the epsilon-N definition of convergence, the second because nNn\ge N implies n+1Nn+1\ge N.

Proof

1. (Constant sequences.) Let ε>0\varepsilon>0 and take N=1N=1. For every nNn\in\mathbb{N} with nNn\ge N the nnth term of the constant sequence is cc, and

cc=0=0<ε|c-c|=|0|=0<\varepsilon

by Properties of the Absolute Value in an Ordered Field. Hence the constant sequence converges to cc.

2. (Index shift.) Suppose (an)(a_n) converges to LL, and let ε>0\varepsilon>0. Choose NNN\in\mathbb{N} such that amL<ε|a_m-L|<\varepsilon for every mNm\in\mathbb{N} with mNm\ge N. Let nNn\in\mathbb{N} with nNn\ge N. By clause 6 of Properties of the Order on the Natural Numbers, n<n+1n<n+1 in N\mathbb{N}; by clause 1 of that lemma this gives nn+1n\le n+1, and combining with NnN\le n through the transitivity in the same clause gives Nn+1N\le n+1. Therefore

bnL=an+1L<ε.|b_n-L|=|a_{n+1}-L|<\varepsilon .

Hence (bn)(b_n) converges to LL.

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