Hello! Limit help. Would be posted below. Thank you!
\[\lim_{x \rightarrow 0}\frac{1}{\arctan\frac{1}{2^x-1}}\]
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Let's try something like this: set \(y=\arctan \dfrac{1}{2^x-1}\) so that \(\tan y=\dfrac{1}{2^x-1}\), or \(\log_2(\cot y+1)=x\). The point of this is to rewrite the limit as \[\lim_{x\to0}\frac{1}{\arctan\dfrac{1}{2^x-1}}=\lim_{y\to\color{red}{?}}\frac{1}{y}\] Now \(x\to0\) is the same as \(\log_2(\cot y+1)\to0\), which must mean that \(\cot y+1\to1\), which in turn suggests \(y\to\dfrac{\pi}{2}\), but it could also mean \(y\to-\dfrac{\pi}{2}\). So for one approach value for \(x\), namely \(x\to0\), you have two different approach values for \(y\), both of \(\pm\dfrac{\pi}{2}\). What do you think that suggests about the limit?
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