Re: Re: Limit bug?
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- Subject: [mg65961] Re: [mg65911] Re: [mg65904] Limit bug?
- From: "Erickson Paul-CPTP18" <Paul.Erickson at Motorola.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 06:02:37 -0400 (EDT)
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An explanation? No, but ... There appear to be a several other ways to force the evaluation, like: Limit[x - Log[Cosh[x]], x -> â??] // FullSimplify or noting the negative can be pulled outside, so -Limit[ Log[Cosh[x]] - x, x -> Infinity] But I do find it curious since: In[5]:= Limit[ Log[Cosh[x]] - x, x -> Infinity]//Trace Out[5]= {{Log[Cosh[x]]-x,-x+Log[Cosh[x]]},{{â??,â??},x\[Rule]â??,x\[Rule]â??},Limit[-x+Log[ Cosh[x]],x\[Rule]â??],-Log[2]} Simplifies to the same form (but each term negative) ... Paul -----Original Message----- From: Bob Hanlon [mailto:hanlonr at cox.net] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg65961] [mg65911] Re: [mg65904] Limit bug? I don't know why the second form does not evaluate but you can force it with TrigToExp Limit[TrigToExp[x - Log[Cosh[x]]], x->Infinity] log(2) Bob Hanlon > > From: "Ray Koopman" <koopman at sfu.ca> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > Subject: [mg65961] [mg65911] [mg65904] Limit bug? > > Does anyone have an explanation for this? > I was expecting Out[2] to be Log[2]. > > In[1]:= Limit[ Log[Cosh[x]] - x, x -> Infinity] > > Out[1]= -Log[2] > > In[2]:= Limit[ x - Log[Cosh[x]], x -> Infinity] > > Out[2]= Limit[x-Log[Cosh[x]],x\[Rule]\[Infinity]] > >