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Limx-> (1+(1/x))^× using L'hospital​

User Thaha Kp
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The limit is (famously)
e by definition, but if you want to compute it via L'Hopital's rule:


\displaystyle\lim_(x\to\infty)\left(1+\frac1x\right)^x=\lim_(x\to\infty)\exp\left(\ln\left(1+\frac1x\right)^x\right)=\exp\left(\lim_(x\to\infty)x\ln\left(1+\frac 1x\right)\right)=\exp\left(\lim_(x\to\infty)(\ln\left(1+\frac1x\right))/(\frac1x)\right)

where
\exp(x)=e^x. As
x\to\infty, the numerator approaches
\ln1=0 and the denominator approaches 0. Applying L'Hopital's rule gives


\displaystyle\exp\left(\lim_(x\to\infty)\frac{-\frac1{x^2}\cdot\frac1{1+\frac1x}}{-\frac1{x^2}}\right)=\exp\left(\lim_(x\to\infty)\frac1{1+\frac1x}\right)

The remaining approaches 1, so the original limit is
e^1=e, as expected.

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