L'Hospital's Rule

GPTKB entity

Statements (22)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alternativeName L'Hospital's Theorem
L'Hôpital's Rule
gptkbp:appliesTo indeterminate forms
0/0
∞/∞
gptkbp:category limit theorems
gptkbp:field calculus
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label L'Hospital's Rule
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:French
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Guillaume_de_l'Hôpital
gptkbp:prerequisite differentiation
limits
gptkbp:publicationYear 1696
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Analyse_des_Infiniment_Petits
gptkbp:relatedTo Cauchy's Mean Value Theorem
gptkbp:requires differentiable functions
derivatives exist near the point
gptkbp:state If lim f(x)/g(x) as x→a is 0/0 or ∞/∞, then lim f(x)/g(x) = lim f'(x)/g'(x) if the latter limit exists
gptkbp:usedFor evaluating limits
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:AP_Calculus_BC
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7