a limit in Maxima



On Nov 26, 2007 3:36 AM, Andrej Vodopivec <andrej.vodopivec at gmail.com> wrote:
> (%i1) gamma ((x+1)/2)/(sqrt(x)*gamma (x/2))$
> (%i2) tlimit(%, x, inf);
> (%o2) 1/sqrt(2)

Interesting, since taylor(%i1,x,inf,0) gives an error (essential
singularity).  It seems that tlimit has other tricks up its sleeve....

      -s

Maxima 5.13.0 GCL Windows