An appropriate tool for calculating limits of sequences over integers is DiscreteLimit
. However DiscreteLimit[1/(a Sin[π^6 a]), a -> ∞]
cannot compute our task. On the other hand we can figure out that DiscreteLimit[a Sin[π^6 a], a -> ∞]
yields Indeterminate
, i.e. it says that
the limit does not exist and. We can also find it calculating discrete limes superior and limes inferior:
DiscreteMaxLimit[ a Sin[π^6 a], a -> ∞]
DiscreteMinLimit[ a Sin[π^6 a], a -> ∞]
∞
-∞
Alternatively one can find it with standard limes superior and limes inferior, e.g. Through @ { MinLimit, MaxLimit}[1/(a Sin[π^6 a]), a -> ∞]
.
For an insight it is reasonable to plot appropriate sequence
DiscretePlot[ 1/(a Sin[π^6 a]), {a, 1000, 1240, 2}, ImageSize -> Large]
It is clearly seen that $\sin( \pi a)$ takes values between $-1$ and $1$, however $\sin(\pi^6 a)$ never equals but it can approach $0$ with a very good approximation for appropriately large integer values of $a$. E.g. we find $6$ values of $\sin(\pi^6 a)$ in the first $10^6$ natural numbers $a$ closest to $0$:
N[ TakeSmallestBy[ Sin[π^6 Range[10^6]], Abs, 6], 10]
{-1.694781536*^-6, 3.389563072*^-6, -5.084344608*^-6, 6.779126144*^-6,
-8.47390768*^-6, 0.00001016868922}
and for our sequence they are
1/%
{-590046.5510, 295023.2755, -196682.1837, 147511.6377,
-118009.3102, 98341.09183}
Limit[1/(IntegerPart[a] Sin[IntegerPart[a] π^6]), a -> ∞]
doesn't work either I'm afraid. $\endgroup$Limit::alimv "Warning: Assumptions that involve the limit variable are ignored."
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