oh come on!!
- To: mathgroup at yoda.ncsa.uiuc.edu (mathgroup for mathematica)
- Subject: oh come on!!
- From: Steven Warwick <uunet!hpsadsdw.hp.com!sdw>
- Date: Tue, 28 Aug 90 19:06:03 PDT
Another case of "does this make sense?"
Let's experiment with Limit....
In[36]:= 1 + 1/(x+a)
1
Out[36]= 1 + -
x
In[37]:= Limit[%,x->Infinity]
Out[37]= 1 ********* ho hum **********
In[38]:= 1 + 1/(1+a)
1
Out[38]= 1 + -----
1 + x
In[39]:= Limit[%,x->Infinity]
Out[39]= 1 ************** yawn **********
In[42]:= 1 + 1/( x+a)
1
Out[42]= 1 + -----
a + x
In[43]:= Limit[%,x->Infinity]
Out[43]= 1 **************** zzzzzzz ***********
In[45]:= 1 + 1/(b x)
1
Out[45]= 1 + -------
a + b x
In[46]:= Limit[%,x->Infinity]
1
Out[46]= 1 + ---------------- ************** what???? *************
a + b (Infinity)
*** so, maybe the multiplication's **
*** got mma upset **
In[47]:= 1 + 1/(b x)
1
Out[47]= 1 + ---
b x
In[48]:= Limit[%,x->Infinity]
Out[48]= 1 ***** nope, just another one of those days ****
Is there a consistantcy problem here, or is this just
a new form of computer generated cream of wheat
(with the lumps like mom used to make.. )
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Steven Warwick
Hewlett-Packard
sdw at hpsad