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hassman
Jun16-09, 12:27 PM
The title says it all:

Do

\frac{1}{N} = and \frac{1000}{N} have limit of zero as N tends to infinity?

CRGreathouse
Jun16-09, 12:28 PM
Yes.

hassman
Jun16-09, 12:41 PM
ok :D ty

HallsofIvy
Jun16-09, 02:06 PM
The title says it all:

Do

\frac{1}{N} = and \frac{1000}{N} have limit of zero as N tends to infinity?
No, the title does not say it all! the limit as N goes to infinity, of 1/N, is NOT the same as "1/infinity"! The latter simply makes no sense. You cannot do arithmetic with "infinity" in the real number system.

The answer to your question is "yes", however, those limits are both 0.