Re: limit problem
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- Subject: [mg58930] Re: limit problem
- From: "Carl K. Woll" <carlw at u.washington.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:21:50 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: University of Washington
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"Chris Chiasson" <chris.chiasson at gmail.com> wrote in message news:dbt3lm$sk4$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Dear MathGroup, > Honestly, I see no reason why this should return "unevaluated" instead of > zero. > > FullSimplify[Limit[E^(-R > t),t\[Rule]Infinity],Infinity>R>0&&Element[R,Reals]] > > 5.2 on windows > If you give the assumption directly to Limit, then you can get the answer you want: In[5]:= Limit[Exp[-R t], t -> Infinity, Assumptions -> R > 0] Out[5]= 0 Carl Woll Wolfram Research > Regards, > -- > Chris Chiasson > http://chrischiasson.com/ > 1 (810) 265-3161 >