Math 201 section 10.

Extra Formulas & Problems

ln n ln n
Formula 1++: lim c
 0 for any c  0. Example : lim 0.0001
0
n n
n n

n!
Formula 7: lim n
0 (see Exercise 63)
n 
n

Formula 8: lim n n! (Most students think the answer is 1 because lim n n  1. )
n n

n9 n
1) Great problem: Find lim ( )
n n2

9
(1  ) n
n9 n 9
n  e  e7
Fastest Solution: lim ( )  lim
n  n  2 n  2 2
(1  ) n e
n

REMINDER : 1 , 00 ,  0 are the undefined limits in exponents (why?) (Take their ln)

3
2)lim (1  ) n  1 !!!(undefined) 3
The answer is ofcourse e (by Formula 5).
n n

n9 n 
3)lim ( ) = 1 !!!(undefined) The answer here is e
7
(see Great problem 1 above)
n n2

4) lim 1n  1 because we are taking the limit of the sequence 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, ……….

n

The following method in taking limits of exponents is acceptable to me provided we do NOT run into
1 , 00 ,  0 (the Undefined limits in exponents). For example,

5n  1 n 5 
5) lim ( ) ( ) 
n 3n  2 3

3n  9 n 3 
6) lim ( ) ( ) 0
n 5n  2 5