Eh? Can someone explain? Is that because you are multiplying a huge amount of numbers << 1?
Eh? Can someone explain? Is that because you are multiplying a huge amount of numbers << 1?
For example, suppose we multiply 0.9 by itself an infinite number of times. If we want it to be smaller than epsilon, we have to multiply it ceil(log_0.9(epsilon))+1 times. For instance, if you want it to get smaller than 0.01, the formula shows you should multiply it 45 times (actually 44 times suffices; the +1 is just for the case where it equals epsilon exactly). Here 0.9⁴⁵=0.00872796356808771242 which is indeed smaller than 0.01.
I'm pretty sure that the answer is yes, but not certain!
Xn = exp(-1/(2^(n+2)))
∏Xn -> exp(-1/2)
You can play around with different series on Wolfram Alpha https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=infinite+product+1%2Fn
tl;dr Basically, as N goes to infinity, the product gets arbitrarily close to 0.