Questions in my solution about the evaluation of a limit of a recursive sequence

Ozma

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Let (an)n(a_n)_n be a sequence such that for all nNn \in \mathbb{N} it is 0<an<1 0<a_n<1 and an(1an+1)>14a_n(1-a_{n+1}) >\frac{1}{4}.
Prove that (an)n(a_n)_n converges and find its limit.

I've tried this: since 0<an<1 0<a_n<1 for all nNn \in \mathbb{N} it is an(1an+1)>14    an>14(1an+1)a_n(1-a_{n+1}) >\frac{1}{4} \iff a_n > \frac{1}{4(1-a_{n+1})}, and it is an+114(1an+1)    (2an+11)20    nN a_{n+1} \ge \frac{1}{4(1-a_{n+1})} \iff (2a_{n+1}-1)^2 \le 0 \iff n \in \mathbb{N}. So it is an+114(1an+1)<an    an+1<ana_{n+1} \leq \frac{1}{4(1-a_{n+1})} < a_n \implies a_{n+1} < a_n and so the sequence is decreasing.
Since by hypothesis the sequence is bounded below, it has a real limit ll: from an(1an+1)>14a_n(1-a_{n+1})>\frac{1}{4} taking the limit in the inequality if follows that it is
l(1l)14    (l12)20    l=12l(1-l) \ge \frac{1}{4} \iff \left(l-\frac{1}{2}\right)^2 \leq 0 \iff l=\frac{1}{2}I am not sure about this because I'm not sure if my proof of the decreasing sequence is correct (I think it is because I've proved that an+1a_{n+1} is less than something that is less than ana_n, could this work?) and I'm not sure when I take the limit in the inequality, because I have an estimation of the possible limit ll and not an equality (but I think that this works because the estimation leads to the fact that ll can only be 12\frac{1}{2} or the other true sentences I've written wouldn't hold; is this correct?). Thank you.
 
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