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2.2
The Limit of a Function
lim x 2 x 2 4
x 2
THE LIMIT OF A FUNCTION Definition 1
is f ( x) L as x a
Investigate lim
x 0
sin .
x
Again, the function of f(x) = sin ( /x) is
undefined at 0.
THE LIMIT OF A FUNCTION Example 4
1
f 1 sin 0 f sin 2 0
2
1 1
f sin 3 0 f sin 4 0
3 4
We write lim f x L
x a
lim g x lim g x
x 2 x 2
lim g x lim g x
x 2 x 5
lim g x lim g x
x 5 x 5
ONE-SIDED LIMITS Example 7
lim f x
x a
f x as x a
lim f x
xa
lim f x lim f x
x a x a
lim f x lim f x
xa xa
Remember, ‘ x a ’ means that we consider only
values of x that are less than a.
Similarly, ‘x a ’ means that we consider only x a.
INFINITE LIMITS
Those four
cases are
illustrated
here.
INFINITE LIMITS Definition 6