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x^3-3*x

Limit of the function x^3-3*x

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 lim \x  - 3*x/
x->oo          
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right)$$
Limit(x^3 - 3*x, x, oo, dir='-')
Detail solution
Let's take the limit
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right)$$
Let's divide numerator and denominator by x^3:
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right)$$ =
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(\frac{1 - \frac{3}{x^{2}}}{\frac{1}{x^{3}}}\right)$$
Do Replacement
$$u = \frac{1}{x}$$
then
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(\frac{1 - \frac{3}{x^{2}}}{\frac{1}{x^{3}}}\right) = \lim_{u \to 0^+}\left(\frac{1 - 3 u^{2}}{u^{3}}\right)$$
=
$$\frac{1 - 3 \cdot 0^{2}}{0} = \infty$$

The final answer:
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = \infty$$
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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Rapid solution [src]
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$$\infty$$
Other limits x→0, -oo, +oo, 1
$$\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = \infty$$
$$\lim_{x \to 0^-}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = 0$$
More at x→0 from the left
$$\lim_{x \to 0^+}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = 0$$
More at x→0 from the right
$$\lim_{x \to 1^-}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = -2$$
More at x→1 from the left
$$\lim_{x \to 1^+}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = -2$$
More at x→1 from the right
$$\lim_{x \to -\infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = -\infty$$
More at x→-oo
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Limit of the function x^3-3*x