Thursday, 31 October 2013

calculus - How to solve the limit limlimitsxtoinfty(xarctanxfracxpi2)



Next week I have a math exam. While I was doing some exercises I came across this interesting limit:



limx(xarctanxxπ2)



After struggling a lot, I decided to calculate this limit using my calculator. The answer turns out to be 1. The problem is that I don't know how to calculate this limit without a calculator. I tried using L'Hôpital's rule after converting the expression to a fraction. My steps:



limx(xarctanxxπ2)=limx2x2arctanxx2π2x(H)=limx4xarctanx2x2+12πx+22=limx4x2arctanx2xx2+12πx2+2x2x(H)=limx8xarctanx2x2+6(x2+1)24πx+62=




This keeps going on without an end, I also don't see where I can simplify the expression when using L'Hôpital's rule. Am I missing a step or am I using the wrong method? What method can be used instead?


Answer



Observe
limxxarctanxxπ2=limxarctanxπ2x1=limx11+x2x2=1


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