Infimum Limit

Given a sequence of real numbers , the infimum limit (also called the limit inferior or lower limit), written and pronounced 'lim-inf,' is the limit of

as . Note that by definition, is nondecreasing, and so either has a limit or tends to . For example, suppose , then for odd, , and for even, . Another example is , in which case is a constant sequence .

When , the sequence converges to the real number

Otherwise, the sequence does not converge.