Re: Limit question
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg31489] Re: Limit question
- From: "Steve Luttrell" <luttrell at signal.qinetiq.com>
- Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 04:54:28 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: Defence Evaluation & Research Agency
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"Leonard Howell" <lwhowell at knology.net> wrote in message news:9sb2du$p56$1 at smc.vnet.net... > I'm trying to evaluate Limit [Exp[x] * (1/x^2), x-> Infinity] with > Mathematica but can not seem to get the correct answer of Infinity. Next, I > want Limit [Exp[x] /( x!), x-> Infinity] but can't get it either. Can > someone please provide guidance? Exp[x] * (1/x^2) does NOT have a limiting value as x-->Infinity. On the other hand Exp[x] /( x!) does have a limiting value, which can be found as follows: <<NumericalMath`NLimit` NLimit [Exp[x] /( x!), x -> Infinity] See the Help Browser for more information. -- Steve Luttrell QinetiQ Malvern Technology Centre UK