Re: compute limit
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- Subject: [mg70588] Re: compute limit
- From: "Scout" <Scout at nodomain.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 05:21:58 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi Frank,
in your expression there are symbols not defined.
I'll try to define them in this attempt:
In[1]:=Assuming[{r>0,0<s<1},
Limit[((1 + r)^t*(1 - s) + s)^(1/t) - 1, t ->Infinity]]
Out[1]= r
HTH,
~Scout~
"Frank Hechtner" <frank.hechtner at rub.de>
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> Hi,
>
> i?m in trouble with the calculation of limits. my expression is the
> following
>
> ((1 + r)^t*(1 - s) + s)^(1/t) - 1, t -> ?
>
> as you see, the limit is r when x approaches ?.
>
> Unfortunately when using limit the output is
>
> Limit[((1 + r)^t*(1 - s) + s)^(1/t) - 1, t -> ?].
>
> I dont see whats going wrong. Does limit only compute numerical
> expression?
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Frank
>