The following is not exactly a research question (it was originated from manufacturing of exercises for calculus), and has no other motivation than explaining a phenomenon. I apologize if it is inappropriate (and will quickly remove it).
Consider the sequence of real numbers defined recursively as follows $$u_0:=\lambda > -1\\ ,$$ $$u_{n+1}=\frac{2u_n}{1+\sqrt{1+2^{-n}u_n}}\\ .$$ Numerical evidence suggests that $u_n$ always converges to $\log(1+\lambda)$. I imagine there should be a simple explanation. How can one prove it?