It was gently pointed out to me by Ted Harding that my question was a load of dingos' kidneys. What happened was that I left out a crucial factor of 1/k. Here's the question again, stated correctly this time. (I think!!!) ===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+===+== Please reply to me directly (rolf at math.unb.ca) rather than to the list, since the question is completely R-free and I'm simply asking this list because there are so many clever and knowledgeable people on it. Suppose that n_i, i = 1, 2, 3, ... are positive integers, and that 1 k lim --- SUM n_i^j = nu_j < infinity k --> infinity k i=1 for j = 1, 2, 3. Need it be the case that 1 k-1 lim --- SUM n_i * n_{i+1} exists? k --> infinity k i=1 I can neither prove this, nor come up with a counter-example. Can anyone help me out? cheers, Rolf Turner