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Ch. 7 - Transcendental Functions
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Capitolo 7, Problema 7.6.19

Find the limits in Exercises 13–20. (If in doubt, look at the function’s graph.)
19. lim(x→∞)arccsc(x)

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Recall the definition of the function involved: \(\arccsc(x)\) is the inverse cosecant function, which gives the angle \(\theta\) such that \(\csc(\theta) = x\).
Understand the domain and range of \(\arccsc(x)\): the domain is \((-\infty, -1] \cup [1, \infty)\), and the range is \([-\frac{\pi}{2}, 0) \cup (0, \frac{\pi}{2}]\) excluding zero.
Analyze the behavior of \(\arccsc(x)\) as \(x\) approaches infinity: since \(\csc(\theta) = \frac{1}{\sin(\theta)}\), large values of \(x\) correspond to \(\sin(\theta)\) approaching zero from the positive side.
Determine the angle \(\theta\) whose cosecant is very large positive: this angle approaches \(0\) from the positive side, because \(\csc(\theta)\) becomes large when \(\sin(\theta)\) is close to zero but positive.
Conclude that \(\lim_{x \to \infty} \arccsc(x)\) approaches \(0\) from the positive side, so the limit is \$0^+$.

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