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1^∞

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-11 19:10

hay /sci/ what's 1^∞

well it's indeterminate but shouldn't it be 1?

Name: Anonymous 2006-12-13 18:20

>>7
If you add infinitesimals to the fun, you could say (1 + 1/∞)^∞ = (1 + ε)^∞ = indeterminate.

Or, more seriously, does (1 + 1/∞)^∞ = 1 necessarily contradict lim x->∞ (1 + 1/x)^x = e?

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