The purpose of this document is to serve as a short exploration of LATEXs capacity for

mathematical representation.
Problem 1
x x
Evaluate limx ( x+1
) .

Solution
The natural logarithm is defined and continuous for (x > 0); therefore,
x x
x
x x
) ) = limx ln(( x+1
) ) = limx x ln( x+1
)
ln((limx ( x+1

But this last limit is of a form to which we may apply lHopitals Rule (for indeterminate
forms of type
):

x
limx x ln( x+1
)

= limx

x )
ln( x+1
1
x

x
d
dx [ln( x+1 )]
limx
d 1
dx [ x ]

x
1
= limx x+1 = limx 1 = 1
where we applied lHopitals Rule once more to the indeterminate form of type
resulted from the original application, thus obtaining the result
x x
ln((limx ( x+1
) ) = 1

If we raise e to the power of both sides of our equation, we arrive at

x

x x
limx ( x+1
) = eln(limx ( x+1 ) ) = e1

which