Limit of Function: No Limit Found

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The limit of the function lim ((exp(x)-1-x)^2)/(x^2 - ln(x^2+1)) as x approaches 0 does not exist. Users in the discussion attempted various methods, including L'Hospital's Rule and Maclaurin Series expansions, to analyze the limit. The Maclaurin Series expansions for exp(x) and ln(x+1) were suggested as useful tools for further exploration. Ultimately, the consensus is that the limit does not converge.

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could anyone tell me if this have a limit:
lim ((exp(x)-1-x)^2)/(x^2 - ln(x^2+1)))
x->0

My conclusion is that this doesn't have a limit. Tried everything, this is an problem that i run into.
 
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Have you tried applying L'Hospital's?
 
Unskilled said:
could anyone tell me if this have a limit:
lim ((exp(x)-1-x)^2)/(x^2 - ln(x^2+1)))
x->0

My conclusion is that this doesn't have a limit. Tried everything, this is an problem that i run into.
Have you tried using Maclaurin Series to solve this problem? :)
Hint:
The expansion of exp(x) arround x = 0 is:
[tex]e ^ x = 1 + x + \frac{x ^ 2}{2} + ...[/tex]
The expansion of ln(x + 1) arround x = 0 is:
[tex]\ln (x + 1) = x - \frac{x ^ 2}{2} + ...[/tex]
So what's the expansion of ln(x2 + 1) arround x = 0?
Can you go from here? :)
 

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