If $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer $\leq x$, then $\lim _{n \rightarrow-\infty}…

If $[x]$ denotes the greatest integer $\leq x$, then $\lim _{n \rightarrow-\infty} \frac{1}{n^3}\left\{\left[1^2 x\right]+\left[2^2 x\right]+\left[3^2 x\right]+\ldots+\left[n^2 x\right]\right\}=$
  1. $\frac{x}{2}$
  2. $\frac{x}{3}$
  3. $\frac{x}{6}$
  4. 0

Solution

$ \begin{aligned} & \text { } \lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{n^3}\left\{\left[1^2 x\right]+\left[2^2 x\right]+\left[3^2 x\right]+\ldots+\left[n^2 x\right]\right\} \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{n^3} \sum_{r=1}^n\left[r^2 x\right]=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{n^3} \sum_{r=1}^n\left(r^2 x-\left\{r^2 x\right\}\right) \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{1}{n^3}\left(x \sum_{r=1}^n r^2-\sum_{r=1}^n\left\{r^2 n\right\}\right) \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{x \times n(n+1)(2 n+1)}{n^3 \times 6}-\sum_{r=1}^n \frac{\left\{r^2 n\right\}}{n^3} \\ & =\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty}\left(\frac{x}{6} \times \frac{n}{n} \times \frac{n+1}{n} \times \frac{(2 n+1)}{n}\right)-\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \sum_{r=1}^n \frac{\left\{r^2 n\right\}}{n^3} \\ & =\frac{x}{6} \times 1 \times 2-0=\frac{x}{3} \end{aligned} $

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2018 (22 Apr Shift 1)

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