Evaluate: $\lim_{n \to \infty}\displaystyle\sum_{r=1}^{n} \dfrac{1}{2n + 2r-1}$
To solve this I used the following approach: $S = \lim_{n \to \infty}\displaystyle\sum_{r=1}^{n} \dfrac{\frac 1n}{2 + 2\frac rn-\frac1n}$
$= \lim_{n \to \infty}\displaystyle\sum_{r=1}^{n} \dfrac{\frac 1n}{2 + 2\frac rn-\color{red}{0}} = \dfrac 12\int _0^1 \dfrac{1}{1+x}\mathrm{dx} = \ln(\sqrt 2)$
Though the answer is correct, I am unsure about my second step in which I have replaced $1/n$ by $0$. Is that allowed? I have tried it in some other problems too and it works.
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