How do you prove this formula
lim
Since both top and bottom approaches infinity, I assume it is L'Hospital's rule to solve it, but after the first step I'm stuck
\lim_{x \to\infty}\frac{x^2 logx}{2^xlog2}
So how can I solve this problem, it seems the answer is infinity but I don't know how to approach that.
Answer
You can rewrite the limit as
\begin{aligned} L&=\lim_{x \to\infty}\frac{x^{x^2}}{2^{2^x}}\\ &=\lim_{x \to\infty}\frac{\exp\left(x^2\cdot\log x\right)}{\exp\left(2^x\cdot\log 2\right)}\\ &=\lim_{x \to\infty}\exp\left(x^2\cdot\log x-2^x\cdot\log 2\right) \end{aligned}
Since \exp(.) is a continuous function, we can change the order to
L=\exp\left(\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(x^2\cdot\log x-2^x\cdot\log 2\right)\right)
and name the inner limit to L'
L'=\lim_{x\to\infty}\left(x^2\cdot\log x-2^x\cdot\log 2\right)
Note that $\log x
Obviously, the limit of the RHS expression as x goes to \infty is -\infty; because the growth of x^3 is not comparable with the exponential growth of 2^x. Hence, L'=-\infty, which means L=0.
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