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Noting that <math>\lim{b\to 0} f(a+b)</math> and <math>\lim{b\to 0} g(a+b)</math> are equal to <math>f'(a)</math> and <math>g'(a)</math>. | Noting that <math>\lim{b\to 0} f(a+b)</math> and <math>\lim{b\to 0} g(a+b)</math> are equal to <math>f'(a)</math> and <math>g'(a)</math>. | ||
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| + | As a recap, this means that the points approaching <math>\frac{f(a)}{g(a)}</math> where <math>a</math> is a number such that <math>f(a)</math> and <math>g(a)</math> are both equal to 0 are going to approach <math>\frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)}</math> | ||
==Problems== | ==Problems== | ||
Revision as of 18:40, 13 March 2022
L'Hopital's Rule is a theorem dealing with limits that is very important to calculus.
Theorem
The theorem states that for real functions 
, if 
![\[\lim\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\lim\frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/6/7/6/67664051ac365e271260749b981666330b2b71af.png)
Note that this implies that ![\[\lim\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\lim\frac{f^{(n)}(x)}{g^{(n)}(x)}=\lim\frac{f^{(-n)}(x)}{g^{(-n)}(x)}\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/f/6/6/f66ad9bb5b49e51afc1bf4dac34285dae981fd6f.png)
Proof
- No proof of this theorem is available at this time. You can help AoPSWiki by adding it.
Video by 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfF40MiS7zA
Text explanation:
let 
where 
and 
are both nonzero functions with value 
at 
(for example, 
, 
, and 
.)
Note that the points surrounding z(a) aren't approaching infinity, as a function like 
might at 
The points infinitely close to z(a) will be equal to 
Noting that 
and 
are equal to 
and 
.
As a recap, this means that the points approaching 
where 
is a number such that and 
are both equal to 0 are going to approach 
Problems
Introductory
- Evaluate the limit
(weblog_entry.php?t=168186 Source)
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