MIT 18.100B Real Analysis, Spring 2025 - Lecture 5: Monotone Convergence Theorem

MIT 18.100B Real Analysis, Spring 2025 Instructor: Tobias Holck Colding View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-100b-real-analysis-spring-2025/ YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62Ie7F_tTAhhXoX5_Cl8meG We give a simple criterion that guarantees that a sequence is convergent. The criteria is that the sequence is bounded and either increasing or decreasing. This is the content of the monotone convergence theorem. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu Support OCW at http://ow.ly/a1If50zVRlQ We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.