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Re: Limit a^n / n!

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  • Subject: [mg8256] Re: Limit a^n / n!
  • From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 01:58:53 -0400
  • Organization: University of Western Australia
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

agt801 wrote:

> Would anyone tell me how to teach mathematica to evaluate the limit :
> 
> Limit[a ^ n  / n!, n -> Infinity]  where a is a real constant.

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

	In[2]:= Limit[a^n/n!, n -> Infinity]
	Out[2]= 0

Cheers,
	Paul 

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