Minimum n n

Calculus Level 4

lim x 0 ( 1 cos x ) ( sin x x ) ( e x + e x 2 ) x n \large \lim_{x \to 0} \frac {(1-\cos x)(\sin x-x)(e^{x}+e^{-x}-2)}{x^{n}}

Find the minimum integer of n n such that the limit above is finite and non-zero.


The answer is 7.

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2 solutions

Using the big o notation , we have (as x 0 x \to 0 ) : cos x = 1 x 2 2 + O ( x 4 ) sin x = x x 3 3 ! + O ( x 5 ) e x + e x = 2 + x 2 + O ( x 4 ) \begin{aligned} \cos x &= 1-\frac{x^2}{2} + O(x^4) \\ \sin x &= x - \frac{x^3}{3!} + O(x^5) \\ e^x + e^{-x} &= 2+x^2+O(x^4) \end{aligned}

Hence, ( 1 cos x ) ( sin x x ) ( e x + e x 2 ) = x 7 12 + O ( x 9 ) a s x 0 (1-\cos x)(\sin x - x)(e^x+e^{-x}-2) = -\frac{x^7}{12} + O(x^9) \quad as \, x \to 0

So, the required answer is 7 \boxed{\boxed{7}}

Exact solution (+1)

Prince Loomba - 4 years, 12 months ago
Prince Loomba
Jun 17, 2016

Use the taylor expansion of each. The lowest powers of x will be taken from each bracket so that limit is finite non zero number. Thus answer is 2+3+2 in order that is 7

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