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What is the answer to this limit

what is the limit value of the power series: $$ \lim_{x\rightarrow +\infty} \sum_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k \frac{x^k}{k^{k-m}}$$ where $m>1$.
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The value of a limit of a power series: $\lim\limits_{x\rightarrow +\infty} \sum_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k \left(\frac{x}{k} \right)^k$

What is the answer to the following limit of a power series? $$\lim_{x\rightarrow +\infty} \sum_{k=1}^\infty (-1)^k \left(\frac{x}{k} \right)^k$$
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1answer
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Total area of squares.

We have a square whose length is $1$ unit. Every time we rotate by $\theta$ and scale the square such as you see in the image. Does the total area of squares converge if $\theta $ goes to $0$?
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2answers
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Solving limit by substituting a power series

I dont understand why I am getting 2 and the textbook says it is -2. $$\lim_{x\to 0} \frac{1-e^x}{\sqrt{1+x}-1}$$ I subbed the power series for $e^x$ and $(1+x)^{1/2}$ then got rid of the $1$ on top ...
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2answers
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$\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}\frac{f(x)}{e^x}$ for analytic functions

For some analytic function $f(x)=\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\sum^n_{r=0}c_rx^r$, ...
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1answer
174 views

Abel limit theorem

I would like to know if the Abel limit theorem works if the limit is infinite. Let the series $\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k x^k$ have radius of convergence 1. Assume further that $\sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k = ...
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votes
2answers
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Is $\lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{n}{(n!)^\frac{1}{n}} = e$ any easier than Stirling? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Showing that $\frac{\sqrt[n]{n!}}{n}$ $\rightarrow \frac{1}{e}$ Stirling's approximation says that $$ \lim_{n \to \infty} \frac{n^n \sqrt{n}}{n! e^n } = ...
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2answers
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$\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}f(x)^{1/x}$ where $f(x)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}\cfrac{x^{a_k}}{a_k!}$.

Does the following limit exist? What is the value of it if it exists? $$\lim\limits_{x\to\infty}f(x)^{1/x}$$ where $f(x)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{\infty}\cfrac{x^{a_k}}{a_k!}$ and $\{a_k\}\subset\mathbb{N}$ ...
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votes
2answers
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Approach to limit of infinite product

I was wondering if there is any proof that the limit of infinite product $$\lim_{n \to \infty} \prod_{i=1}^{n} x_i, \mathrm{where}$$ $$0 < x_i < 1$$ is equal to 0 and that it does not ...
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vote
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480 views

list of convergent series

I wanted to know if there is an online reference I can use to find out known results about convergent series. I could not find this one, for example, on wikipedia $\sum_{k=1}^{+\infty} ...
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Radius of convergence of power series $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(2x-5)^n}{n^2}$

Consider the below example: $$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(2x-5)^n}{n^2},\qquad c_n=\frac{2^n}{n^2},\qquad R=2^{-1}=\frac{1}{2}.$$ $$\begin{align*} \lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{c_{n+1}}{c_n} &= ...