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What a weird function.

I tried to find out: $\lim_{x\to\infty } \frac{\ln x}{\sqrt{x}\,{\sin{x}}}$

So, I can't use L'Hopital 'cause there's no actual limit in the denominator. It doesn't exist.

Then, I tried to use Heine's theorem and chose two sequences, but yet I got the same limit.

I believe it does not converge. How can I prove it?

Thanks

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You can consider a sequence $x_n = \pi n - 2^{-n}$. On this sequence your function will become unbounded while this sequence goes to infinity. Hence the limit does not exist.

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    In more informal terms: the funcion goes to (plus/minus) infinity at $\pi, 2 \pi, 3\pi \cdots$ . Hence, it cannot have a limit.2011-06-22
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The limit doesn't exists, since the denominator has infinitely many zeros so you cannot find an N such that for $x\ge N$, $f$ is well-defined.

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    @Hans Lundmark if you consult with Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_of_a_function then it is required that $f$ to be defined for all x beyond some point. Anyway, different definitions.2011-06-23
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Still not enough rep to comment. Hardy's "Pure Mathematics" does as good a job as any book I've ever read at analysing the different kinds of behaviour of such sequences, with many examples.