little oh notation as the limit of n goes to infinity

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Hi all,

I'm just trying to understand how in little o notation this is true:

f(n)/g(n) as n goes to infinity = infinity?

Can someone explain that to me?

I do get the idea that f(n) = o(g(n)) means that f(n) grows no faster then cg(n) for all constants c > 0.

I just don't get the bit in bold above.

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