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Limits of Sequences

This Demonstration shows the limit behavior for three different sequences: two convergent and one not. The vertical orange line, if present on the horizontal axis, represents the value that corresponds to in the definition of limit.

Snapshot 1: the behavior of a decreasing convergent sequence
Snapshot 2: the behavior of a general convergent sequence
Snapshot 3: the behavior of a nonconvergent sequence
Is it possible that there is a number such that, no matter how small the value of , there is a corresponding so that, for all , it follows that ?
For a nonconvergent sequence it is possible to see that this is not possible.
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