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Re: Re: Limit question

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg31526] Re: Re: Limit question
• From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
• Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 06:13:30 -0500 (EST)
• Approved: Steven M. Christensen <steve@smc.vnet.net>, Moderator
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

You get the correct answer if you load in the limit package:

In[1]:=
<<Calculus`Limit`

In[2]:=
Limit[Tan[x], x-> Pi/2]

Out[2]=
ComplexInfinity

Andrzej Kozlowski
Toyama International University
JAPAN
http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/

>
> On Wednesday, November 7, 2001, at 07:29  PM, Souvik Banerjee wrote:
>
> Hello MathGroup,
>
> Why does
>
> Limit[Tan[x], x-> Pi/2] = -infinity ? (Mathematica 4.0, Windows NT)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Souvik
>
> ps: The Limits with Direction specified is correct though.
>
>