# Some easy ->infinity limits I can't solve

• August 12th 2010, 12:21 PM
superdl
Some easy ->infinity limits I can't solve
Hi,

I'm having some problems with calculating quite a few limits, so I guess there's a concept I'm not getting...

Fe:
$\lim_{x\to\infty}x^{1/x}$
Or:
$\lim_{x\to\infty}x^4e^{-x^2}$

$\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{e^x}{\sqrt(x)}$

How should I solve these?

Thanks!
• August 12th 2010, 12:38 PM
yeKciM
Quote:

Originally Posted by superdl
Hi,

I'm having some problems with calculating quite a few limits, so I guess there's a concept I'm not getting...

Fe:
$\lim_{x\to\infty}x^{\frac {1}{x}}$
Or:
$\lim_{x\to\infty}x^4e^{-x^2}$

$\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{e^x}{\sqrt{x}}$

How should I solve these?

Thanks!

first one is one == 1 :D
(hint: it's $\infty ^0$ so u have to ... == $\displaystyle e ^{\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac {log(x)}{x}}$ and so on ... )

$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty}x^{\frac {1}{2}} = 1$

second is zero :D (first use L'Hospitals rule .... )
(hint: after first use of rule you should get $\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty} \frac {2x^2}{e^{x^2}}$ and after second use you will get $\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty} \frac {2}{e^{x^2}}$ ..... )

$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{e^x}{\sqrt{x}}=0$

third one is infinity :D (first use L'Hospitals rule .... )
(hint: after use of rule you will get $\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty} 2 e^x \sqrt{x}$ .... )

$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{e^x}{\sqrt{x}} = \infty$
• August 12th 2010, 12:40 PM
superdl
That's what I thought, but I also read that infinity^0 = undefined ?
• August 12th 2010, 01:43 PM
superdl
I see you've edited your post.

The first one: could you elaborate a bit further please? :$I understand the second one. I was doing l'Hospitals, but I didn't notice I could rule out the 2x every time (stupid mistake) I also understand the third one. Thanks for your help so far! • August 12th 2010, 01:51 PM yeKciM Quote: Originally Posted by superdl I see you've edited your post. The first one: could you elaborate a bit further please? :$

I understand the second one. I was doing l'Hospitals, but I didn't notice I could rule out the 2x every time (stupid mistake)
I also understand the third one.

Thanks for your help so far!

when you get form like $\infty^0$ u can transform it like :

$\displaystyle \lim_{x\to \infty } x^{\frac{1}{x}} = e^{\displaystyle \lim_{x\to \infty }}\frac {log{(x)}}{x}}$

now u use L'Hospital's rule again :D and you'll get :

$\displaystyle e^{\displaystyle \lim_{x\to \infty } \frac {1}{x}} = 1$
• August 12th 2010, 02:01 PM
superdl
I did some more researching and I get it know. Although, shouldn't it be ln instead of log ?
• August 12th 2010, 02:22 PM
Plato
Quote:

Originally Posted by superdl
Although, shouldn't it be ln instead of log ?

There seems to be a trend, particularly in US mathematics, to use $\log(x)$ in place of $\ln(x)$.
The late Leonard Gillman (Rings of Continuous Functions) and past president of the MAA was most vocal about this.
• August 13th 2010, 01:29 AM
superdl
Do you mean that log should be used as the notation for the logarithm with base e then?

'cause $e^{ln a} = a$, and $10^{log a} = a$, but $e^{log a} \not= a$

(Ps: As you may have noticed, I'm not from the US; I live in Belgium)