Determine Limit of Sequence (n^n)/(n!) - Math Homework Help

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Determine the limit of the sequence (n^n)/(n!)


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I think the limit should be infinity as n^n grows faster than n!, but I'm not sure how to prove it. Thanks for the help!
 
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Write it as

\frac n n\cdot \frac{n}{n-1}\cdot\frac{n}{n-2}\cdots\frac n 2\cdot\frac n 1

and see if you can underestimate it with something going to infinity.
 
Can you show that (n+1)(n+1)/(n+1)! > nn/n! for n>1 ?

This won't compete the proof, but it's a start.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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