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KCC's quizzes AQQ255 about a limit at infinite

And here is a new quiz coming!

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2. Quote of the week: "The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs... one step at a time." - Joe Girard.

3. New quiz of the week: AQQ255 about a limit to infinite

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  • (oops! I send through email rather that here.  I repost it here just for a proper way to do it)

    1. e
    2.  Not really rigorously mathematical, but with a numerical confirmation in Excel, that is "engineeringly" good enough. Here how it goes:

      (1+a)^n      = 1 + na  + n(n-1) a^2  /2!   + n(n-1)(n-2)(n-3)  a^3  ? 3! + ... (binomial expansion)
      (1+1/x)^n   = 1 + n/x  + n(n-1) x^-2  /2! +   ...   (replace a by 1/x )
      (1+1/x)^x    =  1  + 1  +  x(x-1) x^-2  /  2!  +  ...  (replace n  by x )
      (lim  x -> infinity) ((1+1/x)^x)  = 1 + 1 + x^2 x^-2  /2!  +  x^3 x^-3 / 3! +  ...                  
                                                               (  a finite constant is negligeable in front of infinity)
                                                            = e   (Taylor's serie)
  • Correct answer and Excellent devleopement  ; congratulations. An other method could be to use Hospital rule.

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