How to find the limit superior of the nth root of the generalized binomial coefficient?

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My book says that

$$ \varlimsup_{n \to \infty} \sqrt[n]{\left|{\binom{\alpha}{n}} \right|} = 1 $$

where $\alpha \in \mathbb{R} \setminus \mathbb{N} \cup \{ 0 \} $ and $n \in \mathbb{N}$.

Where $\binom{\alpha}{n}$ is the generalized binomial coefficient

$$ \binom{\alpha}{n}= \frac{\alpha(\alpha-1)(\alpha - 2)\cdots(\alpha-(n-1))}{n!} $$

How would one show this? How to think about infinite products like this one?

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Consider $a_n = \ln (\sqrt[n]{\left|{\binom{\alpha}{n}} \right|}) = \frac{1}{n} \ln(\left|{\binom{\alpha}{n}} \right|)$.

By Stolz-Cesaro theorem, we have for $\alpha \in \mathbb{R} \setminus \mathbb{N} \cup \{ 0 \} $ \begin{align} \lim_{n\to + \infty} a_n &= \lim_{n\to +\infty}\dfrac{\ln(\left|{\binom{\alpha}{n+1}} \right|) - \ln(\left|{\binom{\alpha}{n}} \right|)}{n+1 - n}\\ & = \lim_{n\to +\infty} \ln(\left|{\binom{\alpha}{n+1}} / {\binom{\alpha}{n}} \right|)\\ &= \lim_{n\to +\infty} \ln(\frac{|\alpha - n|}{n+1}) = 0 \end{align}

Thus the limit looked for is equal to $\lim_{n\to +\infty} e^{a_n} = e^{\lim_{n\to \infty}a_n} = e^{0} = 1$, by the continuity of exponential function at $0$

Another solution: if we know the convergence radius of $(1+x)^\alpha = \sum_{n=0}^{+\infty} \binom{\alpha}{n}x^n$ is equal to 1 for $\alpha \in \mathbb{R} \setminus \mathbb{N} \cup \{ 0 \} $, then the result is direct, since its convergence radius is also $$\dfrac{1}{\limsup_{n\to +\infty} \sqrt[n]{\left|{\binom{\alpha}{n}} \right|}) }$$.