Exercise 2079Calculus › Single-variable calculus › SequencesL2Added 2 Nov 2026
The logistic sequence decays like 1/n
#Cesaro lemma#asymptotic equivalent#recurrence
Statement
Let and . Show that and that .
Hint
Look at and apply the Cesàro lemma to it.
Show solutionHide solution
Solution
Step 1: convergence to . If , then , so all terms lie in . Also : the sequence is decreasing and bounded below, hence converges to some with , so .
Step 2: a clever quantity.
Step 3: Cesàro. By the Cesàro lemma (part 2), since the differences of tend to , , i.e. .
Conclusion. , i.e. .
Numerics. For : at , at , at , at .
Remark. The convergence to is slow (like ) because has : this is the borderline case of the speed-of-convergence classification.