Could \infty hurt 1 1 ?

Algebra Level 4

N = lim n 1 n \large N = \lim_{n \to \infty}1^{n}

Find the real value of N N .


The answer is 1.00.

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Clearly, 1 1 = 1 , 1 2 = 1 1^1 = 1, 1^2 = 1 , Easily can be proved by induction that if 1 n = 1 1^n = 1 then 1 n + 1 = 1 , n 1 , n N 1^{n + 1} = 1, \space \forall n \ge 1, n \in \mathbb{N} . This means the sequence { 1 n } n = 1 \{1^n\}_{n = 1}^{\infty} is the constant sequence { 1 } lim n 1 n = 1 = N \displaystyle \{1\} \Rightarrow \lim_{n\to\infty} 1^n = 1 = N

I think that is undefined... Please check your question again

Prince Loomba
Oct 22, 2016

The basic use of limits is when the expression is indeterminate. The given expression is actually not indeterminate as the 1 used in base is exact. Exact 1 to the power infinity is 1, as likely as exact 0 to the power 0 is 0 and 0 to the power exact 0 is 1. Normal 0 means tending to 0, and it is n o t not equal to 0.

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