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 June 25th, 2012, 09:52 AM #1 Senior Member   Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 345 Thanks: 3 is 1/infinity = lim x->infinity 1/x Let me put it this way. Rigorously speaking, is $\text{\frac{1}{\infty}=?\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{1}{ x}}$
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Re: is 1/infinity = lim x->infinity 1/x

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 Originally Posted by sivela Is $\text{\frac{1}{\infty}=?\lim_{x\to\infty}\frac{1}{ x}}$
The expression on the left is shorthand for the expression on the right, which equals zero.

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