I am a bit surprised that none of my readers like to solve problems. OK, then here is a proof. I adopt the notation \(sin_k\) for the iterated sine.
It is a simple problem to show that \(\sin_k(pi/2)\) goes to 0 decreasing. So there is a k such that
\(\sin_{k+1}(\pi/2) \le x \le \sin_k(\pi/2) \)
Since all
\(\sin_n \)
are monotone by induction, we get
\(\dfrac{\sin_{k+n+1}(\pi/2)}{\sin_n(\pi/2)} \le \dfrac{\sin_{n}(x)}{\sin_n(\pi/2)} \le \dfrac{\sin_{k+n}(\pi/2)}{\sin_n(\pi/2)} \)
Now, all we need to show is for all k
\(\lim_{t to 0} \dfrac{\sin_k(t)}{t} = 1 \)
But this is the same as
\(\sin’_k(0)=1 \),
which easily follows by induction on k.
The same can be done with any other monone function of the form
\(0 < f(x) < x, \quad f'(0)=1 \)
For the iterated function, we always get
\(\lim_{n \to \infty} \dfrac{f_k(x)}{f_k(y)} = 1 \)
for \(0 < x < y \). An example of such a function, which is easy to compute is
\(f(x) = x-x^2\)
Since you are so fond of my problems, here is another one, I cannot solve yet myself. Numerical experiments show that
\(\lim_{n \to \infty} \sqrt{n} \sin_n(\pi/2) \)
exists. Can you prove that? And what is that limit?
You said that there is k such that
$latex sin_{k+1}(pi/2)leq xleq sin_k(pi/2) &s=-1$.
How if $latex x=2 &s=-1$?
That’s right! I overlooked this. You have to define
$sin_0(x) = dfrac(pi}{2} &s=-1$
to make the proof work.