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Komentáře • 71

  • @pneujai
    @pneujai Před 2 lety +133

    calculate 😔
    evaluate 🤗

  • @neilgerace355
    @neilgerace355 Před 2 lety +113

    L'Hospital's Rule is great but yes we always have to think about its limitations.

    • @tubax926
      @tubax926 Před 2 lety +8

      Yup, that's when you use L'Hopitals rule, its big brother.

    • @joakimharbak7485
      @joakimharbak7485 Před 2 lety +17

      Don't you mean; its limits?

    • @78anurag
      @78anurag Před 2 lety +1

      @@joakimharbak7485 Lmao thought the same

  • @gammano0b858
    @gammano0b858 Před 2 lety +53

    I did it by replacing x with 1/t, so I ended up with the limit of e^-t * t or t / e^t. Then notice that the exponential function grows faster than any power, so its pretty clear that its going to zero, ptherwise L'Hopital would do the job here too :)
    Great Videos from you, always nice to see those traps and how to avoid them.

  • @chrisrybak4961
    @chrisrybak4961 Před 2 lety +11

    Nice, neat demonstration of how to choose how to apply L’Hôpital’s rule!
    Fun that as x -> 0- this function goes to -infinity…

  • @gustavocortico1681
    @gustavocortico1681 Před 2 lety +5

    It's fun to see that the power rule in the first situation dominates the expression after an arbitrary number of l'h rules, making the evaluation of any positive x closer and closer to zero

  • @hassanalihusseini1717
    @hassanalihusseini1717 Před 2 lety +7

    Yes, a nice trick to apply the Hospital rule! Thanks for showing.

  • @rshawty
    @rshawty Před 2 lety +3

    you can also see it from the the first method, by contradiction
    Suppose L = lim [( e^(-1/x) )/x], x->0+ is finite, then we see it’s a 0/0 situation so indeed we can use L’Hopital’s rule :
    L = lim [( 1/x² • e^(-1/x) )/1], x->0+
    L = lim [( e^(-1/x) )/x²], x->0+
    L = (lim [( e^(-1/x) )/x], x->0+)(lim [1/x], x->0+)
    L = L•∞ = ∞
    So if L converges it implies L diverges,
    which is impossible. Hence L diverges.

    • @moskthinks9801
      @moskthinks9801 Před 2 lety +2

      Except that L can be 0, where 0 = 0•∞, although the proof is quite interesting

    • @rshawty
      @rshawty Před 2 lety +1

      @@moskthinks9801 ahh yes oups

  • @Bruh-bk6yo
    @Bruh-bk6yo Před 4 měsíci

    Ugh...
    ln(e^(-1/x)/x)=-1/x+ln(1/x)
    but ln(1/x) is always smaller than 1/x for x>0, therefore we get: -1/x+o(1/x)
    for each x>0 there will be an eps from (0;1) such that ln(1/x)=eps/x.
    Then, our limit is the same as the limit -(1-eps)/x for x -> 0.
    0 ln(...) -> -∞, which means that the given limit equals 0.

  • @user-wu8yq1rb9t
    @user-wu8yq1rb9t Před 2 lety +7

    Great
    Thank you so much *Dear Teacher* 💖

  • @2gr_t95
    @2gr_t95 Před 2 lety +1

    i'm in first year of french ingeneering preparatory class
    but as i'm in a course more focused on chemistry, L'hospital's rule isn't being taught to us
    we're just given classic equivalents of functions and it works just fine :,)

  • @user-wu8yq1rb9t
    @user-wu8yq1rb9t Před 2 lety +2

    You're so smart teacher!
    You know when you should upload your new videos (beautiful videos).

  • @YU-zg7zg
    @YU-zg7zg Před rokem

    This has helped so much right before my exam! I almost gave up trying to figure out a similar problem. Thank You!

  • @robertveith6383
    @robertveith6383 Před 2 lety +1

    *@blackpenredpen* -- Near the end where you cancel the -1/(x^2) from numerator to denominator, it would be better to put grouping symbols around the -1/(x^2) for clarification and emphasis, as it is being multiplied by that other term in the denominator.

    • @GhostHawk272
      @GhostHawk272 Před 2 lety

      There is a dot

    • @ytsimontng
      @ytsimontng Před 3 měsíci

      It would be better to call it "that other factor" instead of "that other term" for clarification and emphasis, as it is being multiplied.

  • @emilsriram92
    @emilsriram92 Před 2 lety +1

    lmao, i just had this question on my homework assignment on my calc course.

  • @asteriskconfidential7403
    @asteriskconfidential7403 Před 2 lety +1

    Could use brute force(Taylor series) instead of hospital rule

  • @FreshBeatles
    @FreshBeatles Před 2 lety +4

    Hospital rule!

  • @alejandrojara1957
    @alejandrojara1957 Před rokem

    When you derivate first time, left side is correct. You just have take limit approach zero, and e to the power - infinite is zero.

  • @seanmurphy2278
    @seanmurphy2278 Před 2 lety

    In the first attempt using L'Hopitals rule increases the exponent below the line hence decreasing the value of the function. Can we say that this proves that the function goes to 0 or does x=0 make the increasing exponent redundant.

  • @domanicmarcus2176
    @domanicmarcus2176 Před 2 lety

    Wil the left-hand limit equal the right-hand limit? Will the overall limit equal to zero or is the left-hand limit not equal to the right-hand limit?

  • @Reluxthelegend
    @Reluxthelegend Před 2 lety +6

    "the sad face is never the answer"

  • @givrally7634
    @givrally7634 Před 2 lety +2

    Doesn't L'Hopital's rule only work for analytical functions ?

    • @reeeeeplease1178
      @reeeeeplease1178 Před 2 lety

      Well they need to be differentiable at the limiting x value

  • @iDovahkiin
    @iDovahkiin Před 2 lety

    Could someone explain why when he took e^(-1/x)
    to the denominator nstead of
    1/x•e(^1/x)
    He wrote
    1/x/e^(1/x)????

  • @lngbrmchryshorts9748
    @lngbrmchryshorts9748 Před rokem

    Thank you sir

  • @schizoframia4874
    @schizoframia4874 Před 2 lety +1

    Using lhopitals rule for |x|/x as x goes to zero is a big middle finger

  • @pauljackson3491
    @pauljackson3491 Před 2 lety

    Let y = e^(-1/x)/x and z = e^(-1/x)/x^2
    Using L'hopital's rule with y(x) just gets us z(x) which is worse.
    But since lim(y) = lim(z) that means lim(y)/lim(z) = 1 which means lim(y/z) = 1
    Which isn't true.
    Does the indeterminateness mean I can't multiply them or combine the limits?
    And if so is there a way of doing something like that to find limits using l'Hopital rule?

    • @NoNameAtAll2
      @NoNameAtAll2 Před 2 lety

      lim(y) = lim(z) => lim(y/z)=1 only works if it's not 0/0 or inf/inf

    • @oenrn
      @oenrn Před 2 lety

      0/0 is indeterminate, meaning the limits can be anything and aren't necessarily the same.
      lim y = 0/0 and lim z = 0/0 does not imply lim y = lim z, as both 0/0 can have diferent values.

  • @bubbeldiamendo
    @bubbeldiamendo Před 2 lety

    I can't understand one thing. You can't use L'Hospital's Rule on limit _(x->0) (sinx/x) because of definition of derivative. So why you are using it here despite there is (.../x)?

    • @reeeeeplease1178
      @reeeeeplease1178 Před 2 lety

      Because this isnt the definition of the derivative of a function (atleast not a "pure" function like e^x or smth)
      If you were to consider f(x) = e^(-x) and wanted to calculate f'(0), we would get a similar limit but not quite the same
      *BUT* mathematically speaking, you can use L'H whenever the limit allows it, even for sin(x)/x.
      BPRP argument against using L'H is that sin(x)/x needs to be calculated to get (sin(x))', so we have to act like we didnt know its derivative yet...
      Not really a fan of this since you can calculate (sin(x))' in other ways...

  • @ianthebadguy
    @ianthebadguy Před 2 lety

    I just noticed your bulk boxes of Expo markers... do you think they offer endorsement deals? :-D

    • @bprpcalculusbasics
      @bprpcalculusbasics  Před 2 lety

      Not sure. I bought them myself tho.

    • @ianthebadguy
      @ianthebadguy Před 2 lety

      @@bprpcalculusbasics I'm only half-joking... it might just be in their interest that a prolific math CZcamsr continues to be seen using Expo markers instead of the generic brand, lol

  • @oftenbryan
    @oftenbryan Před 2 lety

    Isn't it told that exp(x) converges faster than x therefore we only need to care about the limit of e^-(1/x) --> 0 (at 0+)

  • @Cloud88Skywalker
    @Cloud88Skywalker Před 2 lety

    I thought you were going to do L'H by integrating top and bottom!! I mean taking the -1st derivative! so you'd get lim (e^(-1/x) / ln(x)), as x->o+, you get 0/(-∞) = 0
    But I guess it's not correct to do that :(

  • @Cobalt_Spirit
    @Cobalt_Spirit Před 2 lety

    I have a question: what is the limit as x approaches 1, of the logarithm base x of 10?

    • @rshawty
      @rshawty Před 2 lety +1

      So your question is :
      L = lim [log_x(10)], x->1.
      Rewrite the limit :
      L = lim [ (ln10)/(ln(x)) ], x->1
      = (ln10)/ln(1)
      = (ln10)/0
      = ln10 • ∞
      = ∞.

    • @redwanburkan4790
      @redwanburkan4790 Před 2 lety

      Well, the limit here doesn't exist as long as we are approaching 1 from both sides
      And why it doesn't exist? That's simply because the base can't be 1 (from logarithms properties)....... It's just like when you try to find the limit of (1/x) when x approaches 0 (which is also doesn't exist)

    • @Cobalt_Spirit
      @Cobalt_Spirit Před 2 lety

      @@rshawty Is that a positive or a negative infinity?

    • @rshawty
      @rshawty Před 2 lety

      @@Cobalt_Spirit neither my bad, I shoulded have done the limit from the right and from the left and concluded that the limit does not exist for an "exact" 1 as @Redwan Burkan said

    • @rshawty
      @rshawty Před 2 lety

      @@Cobalt_Spirit because the limit as x approaches 1+ is +inf, and the limit from the left is -inf

  • @bertrandviollet8293
    @bertrandviollet8293 Před 2 lety

    You can guess 0 is the limit by seeing that the denominator is exploding each time you derive and repeat derivating

    • @reeeeeplease1178
      @reeeeeplease1178 Před 2 lety

      Each iteration, the denominator gets smaller since we are approaching 0, so the whole limit would get bigger

  • @tarehjernetarehjerne4082

    I don't recall it being called L'Ho*S*pital's rule
    If i was a teacher i would take points for that lol

  • @eorojas
    @eorojas Před 2 lety

    And limit for 0-?

    • @oenrn
      @oenrn Před 2 lety

      Just do the same thing but replace the signs at the end.
      1 / (e^(1/0-)
      = 1 / e^-inf
      = 1 / 0+ 》because exponential is always positive
      = + infinity

  • @p12psicop
    @p12psicop Před 2 lety

    Take the limit with everything in the denominator and no need for LH rule.

  • @saravanarajeswaran2626
    @saravanarajeswaran2626 Před 5 měsíci

    Is it "hospital's rule" or "hopital's rule?"

  • @krabbediem
    @krabbediem Před 2 lety

    Why does L'Hopital's rule fail in the original case?

    • @Dalton1294
      @Dalton1294 Před 2 lety +1

      Editing to to say that the rule fails because the initial question creates a never ending cycle

    • @ffc1a28c7
      @ffc1a28c7 Před 2 lety

      @@Dalton1294 They're asking why it does. That is how it fails.

    • @krabbediem
      @krabbediem Před 2 lety

      Hi Dalton G, and thank you for answering. Yes, I think BPRP illustrated this point pretty well. I was more interested in if these cases had a type of identifer, so that I wouldn't just iterate away on L'Hopital without rewriting. Sorry I wasn't clearer on that. I see now that my question was poorly formulated.

  • @ProCoderIO
    @ProCoderIO Před 2 lety

    Isn’t it “L’Hopital”?

  • @Mohit-mc6us
    @Mohit-mc6us Před 2 lety

    Nobody notces that it is "hospital" instead of "hopital"

  • @anjamoro8384
    @anjamoro8384 Před 2 lety +1

    419 + 1 likes and 17 hours late moment

  • @mfdsrax2
    @mfdsrax2 Před 2 lety

    It's L'Hôpital, not a hospital

  • @crystcryst6985
    @crystcryst6985 Před 2 lety +1

    Lol nice troll with lhopital's rule
    Also I like how everyone is calling it l'hospital rule lol

    • @SimsHacks
      @SimsHacks Před 2 lety +1

      Hospital = Hôpital because
      Ô = Os (historically)
      In original H's books you'll find his name as Guillaume de l'Hospital

    • @crystcryst6985
      @crystcryst6985 Před 2 lety

      @@SimsHacks cool I didn't know that
      Now it makes more sense
      But it doesn't make it less funny lol