Re: Please compute this in Mathematica 5

From: Julian V. Noble (jvn_at_virginia.edu)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 13:22:27 -0500

"Julian V. Noble" wrote:
 
Should have noted that Maple 8 (which, with MathCad, is the only CA engine I
[occasionally] use) gives

> limit((3^x+5^x)^(1/x),x=infinity);
> 5

and

> limit((3^x+5^x)^(1/x),x=-infinity);
> 3 

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