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$lim_{xrightarrowinfty} ::ln x-x$



$lim_{xrightarrow0^+}::ln x-x$










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    What have you tried? Have you plotted the graphs of the two functions to get some intuition? MathJax hint: if you put a backslash before lim, ln and other functions you get the right font and spacing, so ln(x) gives $ln(x)$ compared to ln(x) which gives $ln(x)$
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  • How exactly would those limits be confusing?
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    Both limites are $$-infty$$
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$lim_{xrightarrowinfty} ::ln x-x$



$lim_{xrightarrow0^+}::ln x-x$










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    What have you tried? Have you plotted the graphs of the two functions to get some intuition? MathJax hint: if you put a backslash before lim, ln and other functions you get the right font and spacing, so ln(x) gives $ln(x)$ compared to ln(x) which gives $ln(x)$
    – Ross Millikan
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:10










  • How exactly would those limits be confusing?
    – KM101
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:10






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    Both limites are $$-infty$$
    – Dr. Sonnhard Graubner
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:22














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$lim_{xrightarrowinfty} ::ln x-x$



$lim_{xrightarrow0^+}::ln x-x$










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$lim_{xrightarrowinfty} ::ln x-x$



$lim_{xrightarrow0^+}::ln x-x$







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    What have you tried? Have you plotted the graphs of the two functions to get some intuition? MathJax hint: if you put a backslash before lim, ln and other functions you get the right font and spacing, so ln(x) gives $ln(x)$ compared to ln(x) which gives $ln(x)$
    – Ross Millikan
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:10










  • How exactly would those limits be confusing?
    – KM101
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:10






  • 1




    Both limites are $$-infty$$
    – Dr. Sonnhard Graubner
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:22














  • 1




    What have you tried? Have you plotted the graphs of the two functions to get some intuition? MathJax hint: if you put a backslash before lim, ln and other functions you get the right font and spacing, so ln(x) gives $ln(x)$ compared to ln(x) which gives $ln(x)$
    – Ross Millikan
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:10










  • How exactly would those limits be confusing?
    – KM101
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:10






  • 1




    Both limites are $$-infty$$
    – Dr. Sonnhard Graubner
    Dec 28 '18 at 14:22








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What have you tried? Have you plotted the graphs of the two functions to get some intuition? MathJax hint: if you put a backslash before lim, ln and other functions you get the right font and spacing, so ln(x) gives $ln(x)$ compared to ln(x) which gives $ln(x)$
– Ross Millikan
Dec 28 '18 at 14:10




What have you tried? Have you plotted the graphs of the two functions to get some intuition? MathJax hint: if you put a backslash before lim, ln and other functions you get the right font and spacing, so ln(x) gives $ln(x)$ compared to ln(x) which gives $ln(x)$
– Ross Millikan
Dec 28 '18 at 14:10












How exactly would those limits be confusing?
– KM101
Dec 28 '18 at 14:10




How exactly would those limits be confusing?
– KM101
Dec 28 '18 at 14:10




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Both limites are $$-infty$$
– Dr. Sonnhard Graubner
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Both limites are $$-infty$$
– Dr. Sonnhard Graubner
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You have that
$$log x-x=log(x)-log(e^x)=logleft(x/e^xright),$$
using continuity you have that in the first limit, $limlimits_{xtoinfty}log x-x=-infty$, and, $limlimits_{xto0^+}log x-x=-infty$.






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    if $x>0$,we can expand as,
    $$ln x -x =2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
    now,
    $$lim_{x to infty} ln x -x=lim_{x to infty}2left[ frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^5...right]-x$$
    $$=2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]-infty$$
    $$=-infty$$$$text{we can ignore the series term,as it is way too smaller than $infty$}$$



    now,if
    $$lim_{x to 0^+} ln x -x=lim_{x to 0^+}2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
    $$=2left[-1-frac{1}{3}-frac{1}{5}+...right]-0^+$$
    $$=-2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]$$
    $$=-infty$$






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      You have that
      $$log x-x=log(x)-log(e^x)=logleft(x/e^xright),$$
      using continuity you have that in the first limit, $limlimits_{xtoinfty}log x-x=-infty$, and, $limlimits_{xto0^+}log x-x=-infty$.






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        You have that
        $$log x-x=log(x)-log(e^x)=logleft(x/e^xright),$$
        using continuity you have that in the first limit, $limlimits_{xtoinfty}log x-x=-infty$, and, $limlimits_{xto0^+}log x-x=-infty$.






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          You have that
          $$log x-x=log(x)-log(e^x)=logleft(x/e^xright),$$
          using continuity you have that in the first limit, $limlimits_{xtoinfty}log x-x=-infty$, and, $limlimits_{xto0^+}log x-x=-infty$.






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          You have that
          $$log x-x=log(x)-log(e^x)=logleft(x/e^xright),$$
          using continuity you have that in the first limit, $limlimits_{xtoinfty}log x-x=-infty$, and, $limlimits_{xto0^+}log x-x=-infty$.







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              if $x>0$,we can expand as,
              $$ln x -x =2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
              now,
              $$lim_{x to infty} ln x -x=lim_{x to infty}2left[ frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^5...right]-x$$
              $$=2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]-infty$$
              $$=-infty$$$$text{we can ignore the series term,as it is way too smaller than $infty$}$$



              now,if
              $$lim_{x to 0^+} ln x -x=lim_{x to 0^+}2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
              $$=2left[-1-frac{1}{3}-frac{1}{5}+...right]-0^+$$
              $$=-2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]$$
              $$=-infty$$






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                if $x>0$,we can expand as,
                $$ln x -x =2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
                now,
                $$lim_{x to infty} ln x -x=lim_{x to infty}2left[ frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^5...right]-x$$
                $$=2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]-infty$$
                $$=-infty$$$$text{we can ignore the series term,as it is way too smaller than $infty$}$$



                now,if
                $$lim_{x to 0^+} ln x -x=lim_{x to 0^+}2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
                $$=2left[-1-frac{1}{3}-frac{1}{5}+...right]-0^+$$
                $$=-2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]$$
                $$=-infty$$






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                  if $x>0$,we can expand as,
                  $$ln x -x =2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
                  now,
                  $$lim_{x to infty} ln x -x=lim_{x to infty}2left[ frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^5...right]-x$$
                  $$=2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]-infty$$
                  $$=-infty$$$$text{we can ignore the series term,as it is way too smaller than $infty$}$$



                  now,if
                  $$lim_{x to 0^+} ln x -x=lim_{x to 0^+}2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
                  $$=2left[-1-frac{1}{3}-frac{1}{5}+...right]-0^+$$
                  $$=-2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]$$
                  $$=-infty$$






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                  if $x>0$,we can expand as,
                  $$ln x -x =2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
                  now,
                  $$lim_{x to infty} ln x -x=lim_{x to infty}2left[ frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{1-frac{1}{x}}{1+frac{1}{x}}right)^5...right]-x$$
                  $$=2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]-infty$$
                  $$=-infty$$$$text{we can ignore the series term,as it is way too smaller than $infty$}$$



                  now,if
                  $$lim_{x to 0^+} ln x -x=lim_{x to 0^+}2left[ frac{x-1}{x+1}+frac{1}{3}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^3+frac{1}{5}left(frac{x-1}{x+1}right)^5...right]-x$$
                  $$=2left[-1-frac{1}{3}-frac{1}{5}+...right]-0^+$$
                  $$=-2left[1+frac{1}{3}+frac{1}{5}+...right]$$
                  $$=-infty$$







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