Towering limits

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$$\lim_{{x,y}\to 0^+} \frac{x^{y^{x}}-x^{y^{2}}}{y^x}.$$

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Can this be solved L'Hospitals theorem? My problem is that L'Hospitals can be used when numerator and denominator is differentiated with the same variable but here $x$ and $y$ are both tending to $0$ so I don't think this theorem can be applied here. Is there any other way to solve it?

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You are correct, L'Hopital's rule can be applied here. Actually, the limit does not even exist because by evaluating the limit along the sequences $(x_n,y_n)=(1/n,1/n)$ and $(x_n,y_n)=(1/n,e^{-n})$, which go to $(0^+,0^+)$ as $n$ goes to infinity, we obtain different results.

As regards $(x_n,y_n)=(1/n,1/n)$: \begin{align*} \frac{x_n^{y_n^{x_n}}-x_n^{y_n^{2}}}{y_n^{x_n}}&= \frac{\exp(\ln(x_n)\exp(x_n\ln(y_n)))-{\exp(y^2_n\ln(x_n))}}{\exp(x_n\ln(y_n))}\\ &\to\frac{\exp(-\infty\cdot e^0)-e^0}{e^0}=\frac{0-1}{1}=-1. \end{align*}

On the other hand for $(x_n,y_n)=(1/n,e^{-n})$: \begin{align*} \frac{x_n^{y_n^{x_n}}-x_n^{y_n^{2}}}{y_n^{x_n}}&= \frac{\exp(\ln(x_n)\exp(x_n\ln(y_n)))-{\exp(y^2_n\ln(x_n))}}{\exp(x_n\ln(y_n))}\\ &\to\frac{\exp(-\infty\cdot e^{-1})-e^0}{e^{-1}}=\frac{0-1}{e^{-1}}=-e. \end{align*}