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 lim \x  - 3*x/
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lim⁡x→∞(x3−3x)\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→∞(x3−3x)\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right)
Let's divide numerator and denominator by x^3:
lim⁡x→∞(x3−3x)\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) =
lim⁡x→∞(1−3x21x3)\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(\frac{1 - \frac{3}{x^{2}}}{\frac{1}{x^{3}}}\right)
Do Replacement
u=1xu = \frac{1}{x}
then
lim⁡x→∞(1−3x21x3)=lim⁡u→0+(1−3u2u3)\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)
=
1−3⋅020=∞\frac{1 - 3 \cdot 0^{2}}{0} = \infty

The final answer:
lim⁡x→∞(x3−3x)=∞\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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∞\infty
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Other limits x→0, -oo, +oo, 1
lim⁡x→∞(x3−3x)=∞\lim_{x \to \infty}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = \infty
lim⁡x→0−(x3−3x)=0\lim_{x \to 0^-}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = 0
More at x→0 from the left
lim⁡x→0+(x3−3x)=0\lim_{x \to 0^+}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = 0
More at x→0 from the right
lim⁡x→1−(x3−3x)=−2\lim_{x \to 1^-}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = -2
More at x→1 from the left
lim⁡x→1+(x3−3x)=−2\lim_{x \to 1^+}\left(x^{3} - 3 x\right) = -2
More at x→1 from the right
lim⁡x→−∞(x3−3x)=−∞\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
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