Logarithm as limit

Question

Wolfram's website lists this as a limit representation of the natural log:

$$\ln{z} = \lim_{\omega \to \infty} \omega(z^{1/\omega} - 1)$$

Is there a quick proof of this? Thanks

Answer 1

$\ln z$ is the derivative of $t\mapsto z^t$ at $t=0$, so $$\ln z = \lim_{h\to 0}\frac{ z^h-1}h=\lim_{\omega\to \infty} \omega(z^{1/\omega}-1).$$

Answer 2

You have $z^{1/\omega}= \exp ( \ln(z)/\omega)= 1+ \ln(z)/\omega + o(1/\omega)$, so $\ln(z)=\lim\limits_{\omega \to + \infty} \omega (z^{1/\omega}-1)$.