IMC 1997 · Problem 1

Day 14th IMC · Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Statement

Let {εn}n=1\{\varepsilon_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty} be a sequence of positive real numbers, such that limnεn=0\lim\limits_{n \to \infty} \varepsilon_n = 0. Find

limn1nk=1nln(kn+εn),\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{1}{n} \sum_{k=1}^{n} \ln\left( \frac{k}{n} + \varepsilon_n \right),

where ln\ln denotes the natural logarithm.

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