Find the integer value of such that the above limit is a non-zero real number.
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We can use the following Maclaurin expansions:
cos ( x ) = 1 − 2 1 x 2 + 2 4 1 x 4 + O ( x 6 )
e x = 1 + x + 2 1 x 2 + 6 1 x 3 + 2 4 1 x 4 + O ( x 5 )
where O indicates the big O-notation . Plugging these into the limit formula and simplifying gives us:
cos 2 ( x ) − cos ( x ) − e x cos ( x ) + e x − 2 x 3 = 2 1 x 4 + O ( x 5 ) .
Hence for n < 4 the limit would be equal to 0 , whereas for n = 4 the limit is equal to 2 1 . Therefore the answer is n = 4 .