2007年考研数学二第11题
📝 题目
$\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\arctan x-\sin x}{x^{3}}=$ $\_\_\_\_$ .
💡 答案解析
**答案**: $-\displaystyle\frac{1}{6}$ .
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**解析**:
方法一 $\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\arctan x-\sin x}{x^{3}}=\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\displaystyle\frac{\arctan x-x}{x^{3}}+\displaystyle\frac{x-\sin x}{x^{3}}\right)$ $=\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\arctan x-x}{x^{3}}+\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{x-\sin x}{x^{3}}=\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}-1}{3 x^{2}}+\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{1-\cos x}{3 x^{2}}=-\displaystyle\frac{1}{3}+\displaystyle\frac{1}{6}=-\displaystyle\frac{1}{6}$ . 方法二 $\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\arctan x-\sin x}{x^{3}}=\displaystyle\frac{1}{3} \displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\displaystyle\frac{1}{1+x^{2}}-\cos x}{x^{2}}=\displaystyle\frac{1}{3} \displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{1-\left(1+x^{2}\right) \cos x}{x^{2}\left(1+x^{2}\right)}$
$$ \begin{aligned} & =\frac{1}{3} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \frac{1-\cos x-x^{2} \cos x}{x^{2}}=\frac{1}{3} \lim _{x \rightarrow 0}\left(\frac{1-\cos x}{x^{2}}-\cos x\right) \\ & =\frac{1}{3} \times\left(\frac{1}{2}-1\right)=-\frac{1}{6} \end{aligned} $$
方法三 由 $\arctan x=x-\displaystyle\frac{x^{3}}{3}+o\left(x^{3}\right), \sin x=x-\displaystyle\frac{x^{3}}{3!}+o\left(x^{3}\right)$ 得
$$ \arctan x-\sin x=-\frac{1}{6} x^{3}+o\left(x^{3}\right) \sim-\frac{1}{6} x^{3}, $$
于是 $\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\arctan x-\sin x}{x^{3}}=-\displaystyle\frac{1}{6}$ . 方法点评:当 $x \rightarrow 0$ 时,函数 $x, \sin x, \tan x, \arcsin x, \arctan x$ 中,任意两个函数之差为三阶无穷小,计算时注意使用该结论.
【例】求 $\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{x-\arcsin x}{x \ln \left(1+x^{2}\right)}$ . 【解】 $\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{x-\arcsin x}{x \ln \left(1+x^{2}\right)}=\displaystyle\lim _{x \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{x-\arcsin x}{x^{3}} \xlongequal{x=\sin t} \displaystyle\lim _{t \rightarrow 0} \displaystyle\frac{\sin t-t}{\sin ^{3} t}$