A calculus problem by Kenny Lau

Calculus Level 4

Find the value of lim x 0 1 x Γ ( x ) \displaystyle\lim_{x\to0}\dfrac1x-\Gamma(x) .

This may be useful: Euler-Mascheroni Constant


The answer is 0.5772156649015328606065120900824.

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1 solution

the expression can be written as lim x 0 1 x Γ ( x ) x = lim x 0 1 Γ ( x + 1 ) x \displaystyle \lim_{x\to 0} \frac{1-x\Gamma(x)}{x}=\lim_{x\to 0}\frac{1-\Gamma(x+1)}{x}

Hence by L'Hopital rule

lim x 0 1 Γ ( x + 1 ) x = Γ ( 1 ) = Γ ( 1 ) ψ ( 1 ) = ψ ( 1 ) = γ = 0.5772 \displaystyle \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{1-\Gamma(x+1)}{x}=-\Gamma'(1)=-\Gamma(1)\psi(1)=-\psi(1)=\gamma=0.5772

Here ψ ( . ) \psi(.) denotes the Digamma Function and γ \gamma denotes the Euler Mascheroni Constant .

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