L'Hopital's rule
noun
L'Ho·pi·tal's rule
ˌlō-pē-ˈtälz- 
variants
or L'Hospital's rule
: a theorem in calculus: if at a given point two functions have an infinite limit or zero as a limit and are both differentiable in a neighborhood of this point then the limit of the quotient of the functions is equal to the limit of the quotient of their derivatives provided that this limit exists
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“L'Hopital's rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/L%27Hopital%27s%20rule. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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