Consider the sequence $(u_n)$ defined by:
$$\left\{ \begin{aligned}
u _ { 0 } & = 1 \text{ and, for every natural number } n, \\
u _ { n + 1 } & = \left( \frac { n + 1 } { 2 n + 4 } \right) u _ { n } .
\end{aligned} \right.$$
Define the sequence $(v_n)$ by: for every natural number $n$, $v_n = (n + 1) u_n$.
- The spreadsheet below presents the values of the first terms of the sequences $(u_n)$ and $(v_n)$, rounded to the hundred-thousandth. What formula, then extended downward, can be written in cell B3 of the spreadsheet to obtain the successive terms of $(u_n)$?
| A | B | C |
| 1 | $n$ | $u_n$ | $v_n$ |
| 2 | 0 | 1.00000 | 1.00000 |
| 3 | 1 | 0.25000 | 0.50000 |
| 4 | 2 | 0.08333 | 0.25000 |
| 5 | 3 | 0.03125 | 0.12500 |
| 6 | 4 | 0.01250 | 0.06250 |
| 7 | 5 | 0.00521 | 0.03125 |
| 8 | 6 | 0.00223 | 0.01563 |
| 9 | 7 | 0.00098 | 0.00781 |
| 10 | 8 | 0.00043 | 0.00391 |
| 11 | 9 | 0.00020 | 0.00195 |
- a. Conjecture the expression of $v_n$ as a function of $n$. b. Prove this conjecture.
- Determine the limit of the sequence $(u_n)$.