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Re: Problem with Limit


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  • Subject: [mg12516] Re: Problem with Limit
  • From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl@wolfram.com>
  • Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 18:10:47 -0400
  • Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
  • References: <6jomfe$k9m@smc.vnet.net>

Michel Gosse wrote:
> 
> Hello
> With mathematica 3.01, the following command :
> Limit[Log[x]/(x-1)^3,x->0,Direction->-1] produce the error message :
> Take::"take":
>     "Cannot take positions 1  through 3 in {-1,1} What is wrong ? Is
> this a bug ?
> Regards

You should mention that this only happens once you load Calculus`Limit`.
Yes, it is a bug. If the offending package is not loaded you get the
correct result, Infinity.

Daniel Lichtblau
Wolfram Research



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