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A Bounded Monotone Sequence of Real Numbers Converges

A nondecreasing sequence of real numbers whose terms are bounded above converges to the supremum of its set of terms, and the nonincreasing case converges to the infimum.

Statement

In the setting of The Real Line: Standing Notation and Background for Calculus on Intervals, let (an)n∈N(a_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}} be a sequence of real numbers, and let

A={an:n∈N}A=\{a_n:n\in\mathbb{N}\}

be its set of terms, which is nonempty. Suprema and infima are as in The Real Line: Standing Notation and Background for Calculus on Intervals (ii).

1. (Nondecreasing case) If an≤an+1a_n\le a_{n+1} for every n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} and AA is bounded above, then sup⁡A\sup A exists and (an)(a_n) converges to sup⁡A\sup A.

2. (Nonincreasing case) If an+1≤ana_{n+1}\le a_n for every n∈Nn\in\mathbb{N} and AA is bounded below, then inf⁡A\inf A exists and (an)(a_n) converges to inf⁡A\inf A.

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