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Limit of the function -x*log(x)

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 lim (-x*log(x))
x->oo           
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(- x \log{\left(x \right)}\right)$$
Limit((-x)*log(x), x, oo, dir='-')
Lopital's rule
There is no sense to apply Lopital's rule to this function since there is no indeterminateness of 0/0 or oo/oo type
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-oo
$$-\infty$$
Other limits x→0, -oo, +oo, 1
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(- x \log{\left(x \right)}\right) = -\infty$$
$$\lim_{x \to 0^-}\left(- x \log{\left(x \right)}\right) = 0$$
More at x→0 from the left
$$\lim_{x \to 0^+}\left(- x \log{\left(x \right)}\right) = 0$$
More at x→0 from the right
$$\lim_{x \to 1^-}\left(- x \log{\left(x \right)}\right) = 0$$
More at x→1 from the left
$$\lim_{x \to 1^+}\left(- x \log{\left(x \right)}\right) = 0$$
More at x→1 from the right
$$\lim_{x \to -\infty}\left(- x \log{\left(x \right)}\right) = \infty$$
More at x→-oo
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Limit of the function -x*log(x)