Re: Limit Question
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- Subject: [mg66456] Re: [mg66452] Limit Question
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 02:57:30 -0400 (EDT)
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On 13 May 2006, at 15:42, Blimbaum, Jerry CIV NSWC PC wrote:
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> Why do these give no output?
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> Simplify[Limit[Exp[-a t],t->Infinity],a>0]
>
> and same for
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> Simplify[Limit[Exp[a t],t->Infinity],a<0]
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> thanks...
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> Jerry Blimbaum
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Simplify will not help with Limit problems but Assumptions will:
Limit[Exp[(-a)*t], t -> Infinity, Assumptions -> a > 0]
0
Limit[Exp[(-a)*t], t -> Infinity, Assumptions -> a < 0]
Infinity
The problem is that while Limit now accepts assumptions, unlike other
functions that do so it does not (yet?) return conditional answers.
Compare this with:
Integrate[E^(-(a*t)), {t, 0, Infinity}]
If[Re[a] > 0, 1/a, Integrate[E^((-a)*t), {t, 0, Infinity},
Assumptions -> Re[a] <= 0]]
Simplify[%, a > 0]
1/a
The only reason why Simplify worked below was that the answer to the
previous output was returned in the form of a condition.
Andrzej Kozlowski
- References:
- Limit Question
- From: "Blimbaum, Jerry CIV NSWC PC" <jerry.blimbaum@navy.mil>
- Limit Question