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A limit of a sequence

Hi,

I do not understand the limit given below. As far as I know the terms of sequence belong to the open interval ]0,1[ 
and the limit equals 1. Please let me know where I am wrong.  

Clear[n]
Limit[n n! (E - Sum[1/k!, {k, 0, n}]), n -> ]

- Marian Muresan
POSTED BY: Marian Muresan
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In[26]:= Limit[n n! (E - Sum[1/k!, {k, 0, n}]), n -> Infinity]




Out[26]= 1
POSTED BY: S M Blinder
Please consider entering the code using the editor-spikey, otherwise it gets tousled. The following code also produces myLim = 1. (Deleted my earlier notes, which did not apply to a sum to infinity).
(* iabraham, Mathematica 7.0.1.0, Win-7-64b *)
Clear["Global`*"];
myLim[lim_] := Limit[n n! (E - SetPrecision[Sum[(1/k!), {k, 0, n}], 10]), n -> lim]
POSTED BY: Isaac Abraham
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