Re: Limit and Abs
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- Subject: [mg31219] Re: [mg31194] Limit and Abs
- From: Tomas Garza <tgarza01 at prodigy.net.mx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 03:12:12 -0400 (EDT)
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And what, may I ask, is the "correct answer"? Your function is periodic with period Pi. The only answer is In[1]:= Limit[Cot[a]/(2 + Cot[a]), a -> Infinity] Out[1]= Limit[Cot[a]/(2 + Cot[a]), a -> Infinity] And, unless there is a misprint in your second expression below, the limit with *n* -> Infinity has to remain unevaluated, because a is not defined. But, then, if there is a misprint and you meant a -> Infinity instead of n->Infinity, the function is again periodic with period Pi (look at the graphs). The limit doesn't exist, and Mathematica has no alternative but to leave the expression unevaluated. Tomas Garza Mexico City ----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Friedrich" <oliver.friedrich at tz-mikroelektronik.de> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg31219] [mg31194] Limit and Abs > Hallo, > > if I evaluate > Limit[Cot[a]/(Cot[a]+2),a->Infinity] > i get the correct answer. > > But I want to evaluate > > Limit[Abs[Cot[a]]/(Abs[Cot[a]]+2),n->Infinity] > > and that's being returned unevaluated. Help states, that Limit will return > expressions unevaluated, if there are functions with unknown behaviour (Abs > unknown ??) so I'm not too surprised or disappointed. > But anyway, how can I workaround or bypass this problem, maybe an option or > another function in the extra packages ? > > Thanks > > Oliver Friedrich > >
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- From: "Oliver Friedrich" <oliver.friedrich@tz-mikroelektronik.de>
- Limit and Abs