Thread: Finding Limits Using L'Hopital's Rule

Okay I'm trying to find this limit:

lim (ln(x))^1/x as x approaches infinity using L'Hopital's rule.



This is what I've done so far:


y = (ln(x))^1/x

ln(y) = (ln(ln(x)))/x

lim ln(y) = lim (ln(ln(x)))/x (Both as x approaches infinity)

(using L'H) = lim 1/(xln(x)) (as x approaches infinity)



That is what I have so far and I do not know where to go from there.
Also, sorry for the bad use of writing the equations and what not; I'm not sure how to write them on here as they should actually look, if that makes sense.

Both x and ln(x) approach infinity as x approaches infinity. Therefore if you are dividing by them, the reciprocal has to approach 0.

Edit: typo. The reciprocals, in this case 1/x and 1/ln(x) both have to approach 0, so 1/(x*ln(x)) approaches 0 as well.

Originally Posted by SworD

Both x and ln(x) approach infinity as x approaches infinity. Therefore if you are dividing by them, the reciprocal has to approach 0.

Edit: typo. The reciprocals, in this case 1/x and 1/ln(x) both have to approach 0, so 1/(x*ln(x)) approaches 0 as well.

True. But that's not the answer. We're supposed to find lim y as x approaches infinity. So far, all I have is what lim ln(y) as x approaches infinity equals. I'm supposed to find lim y as x approaches infinity.

Originally Posted by MaxJasper

I need the steps. And that answer is from wolfram alpha. I know because I already checked hoping to find a solution there first.

Originally Posted by Preston019

I need the steps. And that answer is from wolfram alpha. I know because I already checked hoping to find a solution there first.

Because we know that

True. But that's not the answer. We're supposed to find lim y as x approaches infinity. So far, all I have is what lim ln(y) as x approaches infinity equals. I'm supposed to find lim y as x approaches infinity.

But it will give you the answer.If limit ln(y) = 0, then lim y has to equal 1, because you know that as the limit tends to infinity, if ln(y) tends to 0, what does y have to tend to? It will = 1, since ln(1) = 0. Basically raise e to both sides. You are allowed to do that because ln() is continuous at that point.