mlazos Messages 48 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Oct 11, 2007 #1 Homework Statement If [tex]a>>b[/tex] is it correct to say that [tex]\frac{b}{a} \rightarrow 0[/tex] Can we prove it with limits?
Homework Statement If [tex]a>>b[/tex] is it correct to say that [tex]\frac{b}{a} \rightarrow 0[/tex] Can we prove it with limits?
LRoy12 Messages 1 Reaction score 0 Oct 11, 2007 #2 you can say that if lim a-> infinity, that b/infinity = 0 because any number divided by an extremely large number (in this case infinitively large) is 0.
you can say that if lim a-> infinity, that b/infinity = 0 because any number divided by an extremely large number (in this case infinitively large) is 0.
mlazos Messages 48 Reaction score 0 Oct 11, 2007 #3 Well we only know the relation between a and b! We can't know that a is very large, we know that a is much much greater than b.
Well we only know the relation between a and b! We can't know that a is very large, we know that a is much much greater than b.