Tuesday, 24 May 2016

calculus - Limit Proof of $e^x/x^n$




I am wondering how to prove $$\lim_{x\to \infty} \frac{e^x}{x^n}=\infty$$



I was thinking of using L'Hospital's rule? But then not sure how to do the summation for doing L'Hospital's rule n times on the denominator? Or whether it would be easier using longs like $\lim_{x\to \infty} \ln(e^x)-\ln(x^n)$?



Thank you!


Answer



You can certainly use L'Hopital's $n$ times. That is, for each $n\geq 0$ we have $$\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{e^x}{x^n}=\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{e^x}{nx^{n-1}}=\cdots=\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{e^x}{n!}=\infty$$ since at each stage we are in $\frac{\infty}{\infty}$ indeterminate form.


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