why is the limit of this expression equal to 1? The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Finding the limit of the following expressionReforming series expression for limit of e$lim_x rightarrow inftyleft(fracpi2-tan^-1xright)^Largefrac1x$ Why aren't these two limits equal when they should be?What is the value of this limit?limit of an expressionUsing a definite integral find the value of $lim_nrightarrow infty (frac1n+frac1n+1+…+frac12n)$Why is the following limit operation valid?Is this expression on limit valid and/or meaningful?Why does this limit equal 0?A Problem on the Limit of an Integral
How to determine omitted units in a publication
Working through the single responsibility principle (SRP) in Python when calls are expensive
Why can't devices on different VLANs, but on the same subnet, communicate?
My body leaves; my core can stay
Why not take a picture of a closer black hole?
Variable with quotation marks "$()"
Python - Fishing Simulator
What was the last x86 CPU that did not have the x87 floating-point unit built in?
60's-70's movie: home appliances revolting against the owners
Does Parliament hold absolute power in the UK?
ELI5: Why do they say that Israel would have been the fourth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon and why do they call it low cost?
One-dimensional Japanese puzzle
Is this wall load bearing? Blueprints and photos attached
Huge performance difference of the command find with and without using %M option to show permissions
Am I ethically obligated to go into work on an off day if the reason is sudden?
How to read αἱμύλιος or when to aspirate
What's the point in a preamp?
What force causes entropy to increase?
why is the limit of this expression equal to 1?
Can the DM override racial traits?
Why doesn't a hydraulic lever violate conservation of energy?
Why did they expect Astronaut Scott Kelley's telomere shortening to accelerate? (they got longer!)
Mortgage adviser recommends a longer term than necessary combined with overpayments
Is there a writing software that you can sort scenes like slides in PowerPoint?
why is the limit of this expression equal to 1?
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Finding the limit of the following expressionReforming series expression for limit of e$lim_x rightarrow inftyleft(fracpi2-tan^-1xright)^Largefrac1x$ Why aren't these two limits equal when they should be?What is the value of this limit?limit of an expressionUsing a definite integral find the value of $lim_nrightarrow infty (frac1n+frac1n+1+…+frac12n)$Why is the following limit operation valid?Is this expression on limit valid and/or meaningful?Why does this limit equal 0?A Problem on the Limit of an Integral
$begingroup$
I found something which I find confusing.
$$
lim_nrightarrow infty fracn!n^k(n-k)! =1
$$
It was something I encountered while learning probability on this webpage.
limits
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I found something which I find confusing.
$$
lim_nrightarrow infty fracn!n^k(n-k)! =1
$$
It was something I encountered while learning probability on this webpage.
limits
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I found something which I find confusing.
$$
lim_nrightarrow infty fracn!n^k(n-k)! =1
$$
It was something I encountered while learning probability on this webpage.
limits
$endgroup$
I found something which I find confusing.
$$
lim_nrightarrow infty fracn!n^k(n-k)! =1
$$
It was something I encountered while learning probability on this webpage.
limits
limits
edited 2 hours ago
billyandr
asked 2 hours ago
billyandrbillyandr
155
155
add a comment |
add a comment |
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
It is rather obvious if you cancel the factorials:
$$fracn!n^k(n-k)! =fracoverbracen(n-1)cdots (n-k+1)^k; factorsn^k= 1cdot left(1-frac1nright)cdots left(1-frack-1nright)stackreln to inftylongrightarrow 1$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Thank you so much. I didn't know it was right there under my eyes.
$endgroup$
– billyandr
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
You are welcome. This "not seeing the obvious" just happens once in a while, I think, to all who do maths. So, it is good to have a math platform like this one. :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
$$a_n=fracn!n^k(n-k)! implies log(a_n)=log(n!)-k log(n)-log((n-k)!)$$
Use Stirling approximation and continue with Taylor series to get
$$log(a_n)=frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$ Continue with Taylor
$$a_n=e^log(a_n)=1+frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
This has already a slight touch of overkill, hasn't it? :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@trancelocation. You are totally right for the limit. One of my manias is to always look at the approach to the limit. Have a look at matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/8339/… . Cheers :-)
$endgroup$
– Claude Leibovici
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ready(function()
var channelOptions =
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "69"
;
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function()
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled)
StackExchange.using("snippets", function()
createEditor();
);
else
createEditor();
);
function createEditor()
StackExchange.prepareEditor(
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: true,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: 10,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader:
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
,
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
);
);
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3185830%2fwhy-is-the-limit-of-this-expression-equal-to-1%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
2 Answers
2
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
It is rather obvious if you cancel the factorials:
$$fracn!n^k(n-k)! =fracoverbracen(n-1)cdots (n-k+1)^k; factorsn^k= 1cdot left(1-frac1nright)cdots left(1-frack-1nright)stackreln to inftylongrightarrow 1$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Thank you so much. I didn't know it was right there under my eyes.
$endgroup$
– billyandr
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
You are welcome. This "not seeing the obvious" just happens once in a while, I think, to all who do maths. So, it is good to have a math platform like this one. :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
It is rather obvious if you cancel the factorials:
$$fracn!n^k(n-k)! =fracoverbracen(n-1)cdots (n-k+1)^k; factorsn^k= 1cdot left(1-frac1nright)cdots left(1-frack-1nright)stackreln to inftylongrightarrow 1$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Thank you so much. I didn't know it was right there under my eyes.
$endgroup$
– billyandr
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
You are welcome. This "not seeing the obvious" just happens once in a while, I think, to all who do maths. So, it is good to have a math platform like this one. :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
It is rather obvious if you cancel the factorials:
$$fracn!n^k(n-k)! =fracoverbracen(n-1)cdots (n-k+1)^k; factorsn^k= 1cdot left(1-frac1nright)cdots left(1-frack-1nright)stackreln to inftylongrightarrow 1$$
$endgroup$
It is rather obvious if you cancel the factorials:
$$fracn!n^k(n-k)! =fracoverbracen(n-1)cdots (n-k+1)^k; factorsn^k= 1cdot left(1-frac1nright)cdots left(1-frack-1nright)stackreln to inftylongrightarrow 1$$
answered 1 hour ago
trancelocationtrancelocation
14.1k1829
14.1k1829
$begingroup$
Thank you so much. I didn't know it was right there under my eyes.
$endgroup$
– billyandr
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
You are welcome. This "not seeing the obvious" just happens once in a while, I think, to all who do maths. So, it is good to have a math platform like this one. :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Thank you so much. I didn't know it was right there under my eyes.
$endgroup$
– billyandr
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
You are welcome. This "not seeing the obvious" just happens once in a while, I think, to all who do maths. So, it is good to have a math platform like this one. :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Thank you so much. I didn't know it was right there under my eyes.
$endgroup$
– billyandr
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Thank you so much. I didn't know it was right there under my eyes.
$endgroup$
– billyandr
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
You are welcome. This "not seeing the obvious" just happens once in a while, I think, to all who do maths. So, it is good to have a math platform like this one. :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
You are welcome. This "not seeing the obvious" just happens once in a while, I think, to all who do maths. So, it is good to have a math platform like this one. :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
$$a_n=fracn!n^k(n-k)! implies log(a_n)=log(n!)-k log(n)-log((n-k)!)$$
Use Stirling approximation and continue with Taylor series to get
$$log(a_n)=frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$ Continue with Taylor
$$a_n=e^log(a_n)=1+frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
This has already a slight touch of overkill, hasn't it? :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@trancelocation. You are totally right for the limit. One of my manias is to always look at the approach to the limit. Have a look at matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/8339/… . Cheers :-)
$endgroup$
– Claude Leibovici
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
$$a_n=fracn!n^k(n-k)! implies log(a_n)=log(n!)-k log(n)-log((n-k)!)$$
Use Stirling approximation and continue with Taylor series to get
$$log(a_n)=frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$ Continue with Taylor
$$a_n=e^log(a_n)=1+frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
This has already a slight touch of overkill, hasn't it? :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@trancelocation. You are totally right for the limit. One of my manias is to always look at the approach to the limit. Have a look at matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/8339/… . Cheers :-)
$endgroup$
– Claude Leibovici
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
$$a_n=fracn!n^k(n-k)! implies log(a_n)=log(n!)-k log(n)-log((n-k)!)$$
Use Stirling approximation and continue with Taylor series to get
$$log(a_n)=frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$ Continue with Taylor
$$a_n=e^log(a_n)=1+frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$
$endgroup$
$$a_n=fracn!n^k(n-k)! implies log(a_n)=log(n!)-k log(n)-log((n-k)!)$$
Use Stirling approximation and continue with Taylor series to get
$$log(a_n)=frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$ Continue with Taylor
$$a_n=e^log(a_n)=1+frack(1-k)2 n+Oleft(frac1n^2right)$$
answered 1 hour ago
Claude LeiboviciClaude Leibovici
125k1158135
125k1158135
$begingroup$
This has already a slight touch of overkill, hasn't it? :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@trancelocation. You are totally right for the limit. One of my manias is to always look at the approach to the limit. Have a look at matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/8339/… . Cheers :-)
$endgroup$
– Claude Leibovici
1 hour ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
This has already a slight touch of overkill, hasn't it? :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@trancelocation. You are totally right for the limit. One of my manias is to always look at the approach to the limit. Have a look at matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/8339/… . Cheers :-)
$endgroup$
– Claude Leibovici
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
This has already a slight touch of overkill, hasn't it? :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
This has already a slight touch of overkill, hasn't it? :-)
$endgroup$
– trancelocation
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@trancelocation. You are totally right for the limit. One of my manias is to always look at the approach to the limit. Have a look at matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/8339/… . Cheers :-)
$endgroup$
– Claude Leibovici
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
@trancelocation. You are totally right for the limit. One of my manias is to always look at the approach to the limit. Have a look at matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/8339/… . Cheers :-)
$endgroup$
– Claude Leibovici
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Mathematics Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function ()
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3185830%2fwhy-is-the-limit-of-this-expression-equal-to-1%23new-answer', 'question_page');
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function ()
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
);
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown