OCR MEI C2 — Question 7

Exam BoardOCR MEI
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
TopicSequences and Series

7 For each of the following sequences, write down sufficient terms of the sequence in order to be able to describe its behaviour as divergent, periodic or convergent. For any convergent sequence, state its limit.
  1. \(a _ { 1 } = - 1 ; \quad a _ { k + 1 } = \frac { 4 } { a _ { k } }\)
  2. \(\quad a _ { 1 } = 1 ; \quad a _ { k } = 2 - 2 \times \left( \frac { 1 } { 2 } \right) ^ { k }\)
  3. \(\quad a _ { 1 } = 0 \quad a _ { k + 1 } = \left( 1 + a _ { k } \right) ^ { 2 }\).