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Solution: we have e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 = e x 4 + 1 ( 1 − e x 4 + 1 e x 2 + 1 ) = e x 4 + 1 ( 1 − e x 2 + 1 − x 4 + 1 )
So x → ∞ lim ( e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 ) = x → ∞ lim e x 4 + 1 ( 1 − x → ∞ lim e x 2 + 1 − x 4 + 1 ) but e $ is continuous function
So x → ∞ lim e x 2 + 1 − x 4 + 1 = e x → ∞ lim ( x 2 + 1 − x 4 + 1 ) but x → ∞ lim ( x 2 + 1 − x 4 + 1 ) = 1
So x → ∞ lim ( e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 ) = e ∞ ⎝ ⎛ ≤ 0 1 − e ⎠ ⎞ = − ∞
Note that , x → ∞ lim ( x 2 + 1 − x 4 + 1 ) = x → ∞ lim ( x 2 + 1 − x 4 ( 1 + x 4 1 ) )
= x → ∞ lim ( x 2 ( 1 − 1 + x 4 1 ) + 1 ) = 1 + x → ∞ lim x 2 ( 1 − 1 + x 4 1 ) = 1 + ∞ ( 0 )
But x → ∞ lim x 2 ( 1 − 1 + x 4 1 ) = x → ∞ lim x 2 1 1 − 1 + x 4 1
Take u = x 2 1 ⇒ u 2 = x 4 1 as x ∞ , u 0
So u → 0 lim u 1 − 1 + u 2 × 1 + 1 + u 2 1 + 1 + u 2 = u → 0 lim u ( 1 + 1 + u 2 ) 1 − ( 1 + u 2 ) = u → 0 lim u ( 1 + 1 + u 2 ) − u 2
= u → 0 lim 1 + 1 + u 2 − u = 1 + 1 0 = 2 0 = 0 Thus x → ∞ lim x 2 ( 1 − 1 + x 4 1 ) = 0
The given expression is :- x → ∞ lim ( e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 ) We can write it in series form as follows:- x → ∞ lim r = 0 ∑ ∞ ( r ! ( x 4 + 1 ) 2 r − r ! ( x 2 + 1 ) r ) x → ∞ lim r = 0 ∑ ∞ r ! ( x 4 + 1 ) 2 r − ( x 4 + 1 + 2 x 2 ) 2 r Here we see that in every term some negative quantity is added.
Hence when all such terms are added a large negative quantity is left which is − ∞ .
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I see how you show that e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 is negative for positive x , due to the term 2 x 2 . But how do you know that the limit is − ∞ as x goes to ∞ ?
Only one of the options showed a negative sign. So I chose it as an answer.
Based on your work alone, the limit could be 0, since e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 could approach 0 from below as x goes to ∞ . I'm just playing the Devil's Advocate...
The inequality x 4 + 1 ≤ x 2 + 1 is easy to prove.
Since d x d e x = e x and e x > 0 for all x ∈ R , e x is hence a strictly monotonically increasing function. Thus, e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 is negative and unbounded, ie → − ∞ .
As Otto Bretscher had pointed out: this solution is wrong. You should not jump to the conclusion that the it's unbounded simply because you shown that it's a strictly monotonically increasing function.
This is not convincing! You show that e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 is negative (for positive x ), but you don't show that it is unbounded.
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First we use conjugates to find lim x → ∞ ( x 4 + 1 − ( x 2 + 1 ) ) = lim x → ∞ x 4 + 1 + ( x 2 + 1 ) ( x 4 + 1 − ( x 2 + 1 ) ) ( x 4 + 1 + ( x 2 + 1 ) ) = lim x → ∞ x 4 + 1 + ( x 2 + 1 ) − 2 x 2 = lim x → ∞ 1 + 1 / x 4 + ( 1 + 1 / x 2 ) − 2 = − 1 . Now lim x → ∞ ( e x 4 + 1 − e x 2 + 1 ) = lim x → ∞ e x 2 + 1 ( e x 4 + 1 − ( x 2 + 1 ) − 1 ) = − ∞ since the first factor, e x 2 + 1 , goes to infinity and the second factor goes to e − 1 − 1 < 0 .