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Re: A bug of limit?

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  • Subject: [mg42347] Re: [mg42326] A bug of limit?
  • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 06:36:09 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 09:45 PM, Rex_chaos wrote:

> Take the limit of (Sqrt(n^4 + n + 1) - n^2)*(n + 3)
>   when n infinity, mathematica give the result is -1/2
>   However, the correct answer should be 1/2
>
>
>

This now works correctly in Matheamtica 5.0 (you do get 1/2). In 
earlier versions you can use instead of Limit:


(Sqrt[n^4 + n + 1] - n^2)*(n + 3) + O[n, Infinity]^3

which will also tell you the right answer.




Andrzej Kozlowski
Yokohama, Japan
http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~akoz/
http://platon.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/andrzej/


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