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Old 04-14-2007, 01:07 PM   #5 (permalink)
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The summation is an incomplete Maclaurin Series for exp(n) (see equation 31 on linked page). Since it is incomplete form of exp(n) is must be always less than exp(n).
The fact there there is a (n!)^-1 * n^n term in the sum makes l'Hôpital's Rule difficult to apply.

EDIT: The simplified proof I have above means only that any value of n less than infinity will be between 0 and 1. However, the limit can be those. The range of values for the limit: 0≤s≤1 .

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