Exercise 708Calculus › Single-variable calculus › LimitsL2Added 1 Nov 2026
Difference of two infinite reciprocals
#infinity minus infinity#Taylor expansion
Statement
Compute
Hint
Put everything over a common denominator and expand .
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Solution
Idea. As both and tend to . Their difference is an "" form: we do not know in advance who wins. A common denominator makes the competition visible.
Computation.
We know , and . Hence
Conclusion. The limit is : the two infinite quantities are so close to each other that their difference vanishes.