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growth of exponential function (Topic)

Lemma.

      a
lim  x--= 0
x→∞  ex

for all constant values of a.

Proof. Let 𝜀 be any positive number. Then we get:

theorem. The growth of the real exponential function x↦→bx exceeds all power functions, i.e.

     xa-
lxi→m∞  bx = 0

with a and b any constants, b > 1.

Corollary 1. lim x0+x ln x = 0.

Corollary 2. lim x→∞ln x
----
 x = 0.

Proof. Change in the lemma x to ln x.

Corollary 3. lim x→∞x1x = 1. (Cf. limit of nth root of n.)


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