What is the limit of (1+1/x)^(x+1/x) as x -> infinity ?

This is an interesting limit. Lets define a variable y as:
y=lim_(x->oo) (1+1/x)^(x+1/x)
Lets take the logarithm of both sides.
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) ln[(1+1/x)^(x+1/x)]
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) (x+1/x) ln(1+1/x)
Now I am going to make a quick substitution in the logarithm on the right hand side.
u=1/x
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) (x+1/x) ln(1+u)
Now I will use a common taylor expansion, ln(1+u)=sum_(n=0)^oo (-1)^(n-1)*(u^n)/n=u-1/2u^2+1/3u^3-...
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) (x+1/x) ln(1+u)
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) (x+1/x) (u-1/2u^2+1/3u^3-...)
Back substitute in to get in terms of x.
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) (x+1/x) (1/x-1/(2x^2)+1/(3x^3)-...)
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) [x (1/x-1/(2x^2)+1/(3x^3)-...)+1/x(1/x-1/(2x^2)+1/(3x^3)-...)]
ln(y)=lim_(x->oo) [(1-1/(2x)+1/(3x^2)-...)+(1/x^2-1/(2x^3)+1/(3x^4)-...)]
Now take the limit, every term that has an x in the denominator will go to zero leaving just one term.
ln(y)=1
Give both sides a new base e
e^ln(y)=e^1
y=e
Remember our original definition of y.
y=lim_(x->oo) (1+1/x)^(x+1/x)=e
This limit is equal to e.