Finding the Limit (1)

Calculus Level 2

lim n n ! n n \large \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{n!}{n^n}

Find the limit above, where n n is a natural number.


The answer is 0.

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2 solutions

Hana Wehbi
Dec 21, 2019

We can write few terms of lim n n ! n n = ( 1 n ) ( 2 n ) ( 3 n ) ( n n ) \large \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{n!}{n^n} = \Bigg(\frac{1}{n}\Bigg)\Bigg(\frac{2}{n}\Bigg)\Bigg(\frac{3}{n}\Bigg)\dots\Bigg(\frac{n}{n}\Bigg) Note as n n \rightarrow \infty , the denominator goes to \infty ; thus the limit is lim n n ! n n = 0 \large \lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{n!}{n^n} = 0

What do you mean when you say the"bottom part"? I think you mean ( 1 n ) 0 \left( \frac{1}{n} \right) \rightarrow 0 which is sufficient to send the entire product to zero. Incidentally, its pretty clear when arranged in the order you have shown...nice( wish I had though of it)!

Eric Roberts - 1 year, 4 months ago

Thank you for the comment.

Hana Wehbi - 1 year, 4 months ago

It suffices to use Stirling's approximation : for large n n , n ! = n × ( n e ) n n! =\sqrt n\times {(\dfrac{n}{e})^n} , so that n ! n n = n e n \dfrac{n!}{n^n}=\dfrac{\sqrt n}{e^n} , which is 0 \boxed 0 under the given limit.

It should be sqrt(2pi n), not sqrt(n).

Pi Han Goh - 1 year, 5 months ago

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