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proof of convergence condition of infinite product
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(Proof)
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Proof. Let $p_n=\prod_{i=1}^n u_i$ . We have to study the convergence of the sequence $\{p_n\}$ . The sequence $\{p_n\}$ converges to a not null limit iff $\{\log p_n\}$ ( $\log$ is restricted to its principal branch) converges to a finite limit. By the Cauchy criterion, this happens iff for every $\epsilon^{\prime}>0$ there exist $N$ such that $\abs{\log p_{n+k} - \log p_n} < \epsilon^{\prime}$ for all $n>N$ and all $k=1,2,\ldots$ , i.e, iff $$\abs{\log \frac{p_{n+k}}{p_n}} = \abs{\log u_{n+1}u_{n+2}\cdots u_{n+k}} < \epsilon^{\prime};$$ as $\log(z)$ is an injective function and continuous at $z=1$ and $\log(1)=0$ this will happen iff for every $\epsilon>0$ $$\abs{u_{n+1}u_{n+2}\cdots u_{n+k}-1} < \epsilon$$ for $n$ greater than $N$ and $k=1,2,\ldots$ 
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This is version 2 of proof of convergence condition of infinite product, born on 2007-07-05, modified 2007-07-05.
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| AMS MSC: | 30E20 (Functions of a complex variable :: Miscellaneous topics of analysis in the complex domain :: Integration, integrals of Cauchy type, integral representations of analytic functions) |
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