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Question: Discrepancy with limit

Question:Discrepancy with limit

DJJerome1976 540 Maple 15
February 28 2012
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Hi,

I just noticed something rather peculiar (well, to me, at least). When I compute the limit

limit((1-1/x)^(-x),x=-infinity)

as is, I get the expected result of exp(1).

 

However, if I load the RealDomain package prior to computing the limit,

with(RealDomain):

limit((1-1/x)^(-x),x=-infinity)

I get that the limit is undefined. 

Any ideas as to why that is the case? Thanks!
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