The other tutor's answer is wrong. You don't need to simplify it. Use the theorem that if f is continuous in a neighborhood of a, and is not constant on any subinterval of that interval and lim(x/y) as x->a exists, lim [f(x)/f(y)] = lim(x/y) x->a x->a then since cos(0) = 1, _ _ lim log[log(1-x^2)] lim 1-x^2 lim | 1 x^2 | ----------------- = ------- = | ------- - --------| = 1-0 = 1 x->0 log[log(cos(x)] x->0 cos(x) x->0|_ cos(x) cos(x)_| Edwin