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The square roots k diverge to +∞

Example

Let k denote the unique nonnegative square root of the canonical natural k∈R (Square roots exist: a unique a≥0 with (a)2=a; the positives are {x2:x≠0}). Then (k)k∈N diverges to +∞ (Divergence to +∞ and to −∞): it is unbounded, hence not convergent (Every convergent sequence is bounded). The proof is the Archimedean comparison k>M2⇒k>M; it uses only that R is Archimedean (Every complete ordered field is Archimedean) and that squaring is monotone on the nonnegatives (Squaring is monotone on the nonnegatives).

Facts & Assumptions

Given: For every natural k the canonical natural k⋅1R, written k, and the real k (Sequences of reals: bounded, eventually, frequently, tails, subsequences, Canonical naturals are positive and strictly increasing).

[F1]

Divergence to +∞: zk→+∞ means that for every real M there is K with zk>M for all k≥K (Divergence to +∞ and to −∞).

[F2]

Archimedean property: for every real x there is a natural number n≥1 with x<n⋅1R (Every complete ordered field is Archimedean).

[F3]

Canonical naturals: 0⋅1R=0 and n⋅1R>0 for n≥1; the map n↦n⋅1R is strictly increasing, hence preserves non-strict order, on {1,2,3,… }; so the real k=k⋅1R is nonnegative for every natural k (The unique embedding of ℚ into an ordered field, Canonical naturals are positive and strictly increasing).

[F4]

Square roots: every real a≥0 has a unique s≥0 with s2=a, written s=a (Square roots exist: a unique a≥0 with (a)2=a; the positives are {x2:x≠0}).

[F5]

Monotonicity of squaring on nonnegatives: for a,b≥0, a<b  ⟺  a2<b2 (Squaring is monotone on the nonnegatives).

[F6]

Trichotomy and order arithmetic: for all reals u,v exactly one of u<v, u=v, v<u holds, and u≥0>v implies u>v (Ordered field, Order on the reals).

[F7]

A sequence converging to a real is bounded, so a sequence that diverges to +∞ — being unbounded, since it eventually exceeds every real bound — is not convergent (Every convergent sequence is bounded, Divergence to +∞ and to −∞, Sequences of reals: bounded, eventually, frequently, tails, subsequences).

Verification

technique · direct
1.1givenF3F4

For every natural k the real k is nonnegative by [F3], so [F4] applies: k is defined with k≥0 and (k)2=k.

2.1step 1.1F1F6

First case, M<0: by step 1.1, k≥0>M for every k, so k>M for all k and the threshold K=0 witnesses the condition of [F1] for this M.

2.2step 1.1F2F3F5F6

Second case, M≥0: apply [F2] to the real M2 to obtain a natural n≥1 with M2<n. For every k≥n the order preservation of [F3] gives n≤k, hence M2<k; since M≥0 and k≥0 with (k)2=k by step 1.1, the equivalence of [F5] at the nonnegative pair M,k gives M<k; so every k≥n satisfies k>M.

3.1step 2.1step 2.2F1F6F7∎

Steps 2.1 and 2.2 dispose of the two cases M<0 and M≥0, which exhaust the reals by [F6]: for every real M there is a threshold beyond which k>M, which is exactly the condition of [F1]; so (k) diverges to +∞. By [F7] it is therefore unbounded and does not converge.

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