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ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

limit question

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

find the limit \(\large \lim \limits_{n \to \infty} 2^n \sin (2^{1-n} )\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

wolfram is giving 2.. any ideas on solution.. ? http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=+lim+n+to+infty+%28+2%5En+*+sin+%282%5E%7B1-n%7D+%29%29

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I graphed it on my calculator and I am also getting 2. I'm not clear why though . . .

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yah it doesnt look obvious... i got stuck at this limit while doing below problem : http://openstudy.com/study#/updates/530720dce4b00fb1e2378075

OpenStudy (anonymous):

try l-hospital rule

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

i guess i can try... but i need to change it to indeterminate form first ? can u help wid that ? :)

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

I am not sure why you would get your question from the question of shamil, since I would obtain \(\displaystyle\large\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac1{2^{n+1}}\sin2\).

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thats from shamil's question ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

actually i got till below and got stuck... \(\large \frac{\sin 2}{\lim \limits_{n \to \infty} 2^n \sin (2^{1-n} ) }\)

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Oh, I used the same approach as you did, but look at my result obtained...

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

how u got rid of sin in the bottom ?

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

But I don't think you can move the limit to the denominator? e.g. \(\displaystyle\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac1n\ne\frac1{\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}n}\)

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

Sorry, I forgot to divide the whole thing by sin(1/2^n) haha

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

okay

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

lets see how to go from here :)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

i feel changing it to indeterminate form may give somthing... but not getting ideas how to turn it..

OpenStudy (***[isuru]***):

ganeshi... cant we complete this by using a substitution... ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

anything is okay... .

OpenStudy (***[isuru]***):

\[\frac{ 1 }{ 2^{n} } = t\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

brilliant !!!

OpenStudy (***[isuru]***):

when\[n \rightarrow \infty \] \[t \rightarrow 0\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yes ! that gives indeterminate form xD

OpenStudy (***[isuru]***):

now u can write \[\lim_{t \rightarrow 0}\sin \frac{ 2t }{ t }\]

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

next l hospitals... sweet :)

OpenStudy (***[isuru]***):

yep :)

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

@ganeshie8 see the original question

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

thanks both :)))

OpenStudy (***[isuru]***):

OMG !! It 's really feels GRT ... I was able to help the person I admires most in OS... i m going to die :)

OpenStudy (kc_kennylau):

I wish to you a fruitful life in both OS and your real life :D

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you helped a lot really... been stuck on this like forever... i can sleep peacefuly tonight xDD ty again :))

OpenStudy (***[isuru]***):

u. r welcome ...and tnx kennylau.. :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i dont know if this is same as ***[ISURU]*** approach \(\large \lim_{n\to \infty }\dfrac{2\sin(2^{1-n})}{2^{1-n}}\) let \(2^{1-n}=\dfrac{2}{2^n}=t\to 0\) \[\lim_{t\to 0}\frac{2\sin t}{t}=1\]

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