1. ## limit e problem

This is similar to something I posted yesterday, but I can't figure it out.

What's the limit of the following as n goes to infinity,

[(a^(1/n) + b^(1/n))/2]^n for a, b > 0

?

Could someone show me how to do this with algebra?

2. This is the case $1^{\infty}$.

$\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\frac{a^{\frac {1}{n}}+b^{\frac{1}{n}}}{2}\right)^n=\lim_{n\to\in fty}\left(1+\frac{a^{\frac{1}{n}}+b^{\frac{1}{n}}-2}{2}\right)^n=e^{\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}n\ left(\frac{a^{\frac{1}{n}}+b^{\frac{1}{n}}-2}{2}\right)}=$

$\displaystyle =e^{\displaystyle\frac{1}{2}\lim_{n\to\infty}\left (\frac{a^{\frac{1}{n}}-1}{\frac{1}{n}}+\frac{b^{\frac{1}{n}}-1}{\frac{1}{n}}\right)}=e^{\frac{1}{2}(\ln a+\ln b)}=e^{\ln\sqrt{ab}}=\sqrt{ab}$

3. Originally Posted by BrainMan
This is similar to something I posted yesterday, but I can't figure it out.

What's the limit of the following as n goes to infinity,

[(a^(1/n) + b^(1/n))/2]^n for a, b > 0

?

Could someone show me how to do this with algebra?
$\left( 1 + \frac{s_n}{n} \right)^n \to e^s$ where $s_n \to s$.
So here, $2s_n = na^{1/n} + nb^{1/n} - 2n$
This means, $2s_n = n(a^{1/n} - 1) + n(b^{1/n} - 1)$.
$2s = \log a + \log b = \log ab$.