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Re: bug in the "Calculus`Limit`"

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  • Subject: [mg15419] Re: [mg15399] bug in the "Calculus`Limit`"
  • From: Andrzej Kozlowski <andrzej at tuins.ac.jp>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 20:57:31 -0500
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This certainly looks like a nasty bug. There is no need for ListPlot to
see this, just look at this:

In[1]:=
Needs["Calculus`Limit`"]
In[2]:=
Limit[Apart[(3^n+5^n)/(3^n-5^n)],n->Infinity] Out[2]=
-1

On Tue, Jan 12, 1999,  <trif at ipm.marine.su> wrote:

>Hi, Mathematica people.
>Look at this:
>
>In[1]:=Limit[(3^n+5^n)/(3^n-5^n),n->Infinity]
>Out[1]:=Limit[(3^n+5^n)/(3^n-5^n),n->Infinity]
>
>In[2]:=Needs["Calculus`Limit`"]
>
>In[3]:=Limit[(3^n+5^n)/(3^n-5^n),n->Infinity] Out[3]:=-3
>
>???
>
>In[4]:=ListPlot[ Table[(3^n+5^n)/(3^n-5^n),{n,100}] ]
>
>Version: Mathematica 3.0 OS: Windows95
>
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Andrzej Kozlowski
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