# Easy Limit not working

Why is this limit not working?

Limit[I*Sin[alpha^0.5*Betta]*Sin[Lc*Betta*alpha^0.5]/(alpha^0.5*Betta),alpha -> 0]


If I remove the division by alpha it works fine, but it doesn't if I divide the two Sines by alpha

• try (1/2) or Sqrt instead of 0.5 – george2079 Mar 27 '17 at 21:38
• @george2079 Actually, if I change only one of the two 0.5 into 1/2 (leaving the other one 0.5) I get a result. Weird? The weirdest thing is that I dont need to change both 0.5 in 1/2. – Andrea G Mar 27 '17 at 22:00
• Btw, that greek letter you are referring to is not called Betta. Actually, it is called Bettina and it looks like this ♀ :) – halirutan Mar 28 '17 at 4:07
• @george2079 Do you know why it fails with 0.5? – anderstood Mar 28 '17 at 14:44
• Its typical that using inexact real numbers (.5) for things that should be mathematically exact cause such problems. Its not always predictable of course, Limit[Sin[x^.5]/x^.5,x->0] works when you might expect it should not. – george2079 Mar 28 '17 at 15:08

Limit[I*Sin[Sqrt[α]*β]*(Sin[Lc*β*Sqrt[α]]/(Sqrt[α]*β)),α->0]