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### Surprising identities / equations [closed]

What are some surprising equations / identities that you have seen, which you would not have expected? This could be complex numbers, trigonometric identities, combinatorial results, algebraic ...
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### Large $n$ asymptotic of $\int_0^\infty \left( 1 + x/n\right)^{n-1} \exp(-x) \, \mathrm{d} x$

While thinking of 71432, I encountered the following integral: $$\mathcal{I}_n = \int_0^\infty \left( 1 + \frac{x}{n}\right)^{n-1} \mathrm{e}^{-x} \, \mathrm{d} x$$ Eric's answer to the linked ...
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### How can I compute this limit? [duplicate]

I have to compute $$\lim_{n\to\infty} \exp(-n)\left(1+n+\frac{n^2}{2}+\ldots+\frac{n^n}{n!} \right)$$ I think the value is 1, but i don't know how to proof this. Do I have to estimate the remainder ...
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### A limit involves series and factorials

Evaluate : $$\lim_{n\to \infty }\frac{n!}{{{n}^{n}}}\left( \sum\limits_{k=0}^{n}{\frac{{{n}^{k}}}{k!}-\sum\limits_{k=n+1}^{\infty }{\frac{{{n}^{k}}}{k!}}} \right)$$
I met this problem: prove: $\displaystyle \frac{n^n}{3n!}<\frac{e^n}{2}-\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{n^k}{k!}<\frac{n^n}{2n!}$ I tried expand $e^n$ at $x=0$ then: $\displaystyle ... 2answers 209 views ### High school contest question Some work on it reveals the possibility of using gamma function. Is there any easy way to compute it? $$\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(\frac{1}{n!} \int_0^e \log^n x \ dx\right)^n$$ 0answers 335 views ### Finding$\lim_{n\to\infty} e^{-n}\sum_{k=0}^n \frac{n^k}{k!}$if it exists [duplicate] Does there exist the following limitation? If the answer is yes, could you show me how to find that? $$\lim_{n\to\infty} e^{-n}\sum_{k=0}^n \frac{n^k}{k!}$$ In the following, I'm going to write what ... 2answers 157 views ### Evaluate the limit$\lim\limits_{n\to\infty}{\frac{n!}{n^n}\bigg(\sum_{k=0}^n{\frac{n^{k}}{k!}}-\sum_{k=n+1}^{\infty}{\frac{n^{k}}{k!}}\bigg)}\$
Evaluate the limit $$\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}{\frac{n!}{n^{n}}\left(\sum_{k=0}^{n}{\frac{n^{k}}{k!}}-\sum_{k=n+1}^{\infty}{\frac{n^{k}}{k!}} \right)}$$ I use ...