1. Limits · •The limit is the central object of calculus. • It is a tool from which other...
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1. Limits
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1.1 Definition of a Limit
1.2 Computing Basic Limits
1.3 Continuity
1.4 Squeeze Theorem
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1.1 Definition of a Limit
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• The limit is the central object of calculus.
• It is a tool from which other fundamental definitions develop.
• The key difference between calculus and everything before is this idea.
• We say things like:a function f(x) has a limit at a point y
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• In other words, if a point is close to , then the outpoint is close to .
yx
Lf(x)
lim
x!y
f(x) = L if, for all ✏ > 0, there exists some � > 0
such that if 0 < |x� y| < �, then |f(x)� L| < ✏.
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• The limit definition does not say needs to exist!
• The special case when exists and is equal to is special, and will be discussed later.
f(x)
f(x)limy!x
f(y)
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• One can sometimes visually check if a limit exists, but the definition is very important too.
• It’s a tough one the first time, but is a thing of great beauty.
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1.2 Computing Basic Limits
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• Computing limits can be easy or hard.
• A limit captures what the function looks like around a certain point, rather than at a certain point.
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• To compute limits, you need to ignore the function’s value, and only analyze what happens nearby.
• This is what the definition attempts to characterize.
✏� �
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Compute lim
x!0(x+ 1)
2
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Compute lim
x!�1
x
2+ 2x+ 1
x+ 1
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Compute lim
x!1
x
2+ 2x+ 1
x+ 1
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Compute lim
x!0
1
x
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Compute lim
x!0
px
4+ x
2
x
!
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1.3 Continuity
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• Sometimes, plugging into a function is the same as evaluating a limit. But not always!
• Continuity captures this property.
f is continuous at x if
limy!x
f(y) = f(x)
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• Intuitively, a function that is continuous at every point can be drawn without lifting the pen.
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f is continuous if it is continuous at x for all x
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Discuss the continuity of f(x) =
(1x
if x 6= 0
0 if x = 0
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Discuss the continuity of f(x) =
(2x+ 1 if x 1
3x
2if x > 1
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• Polynomials, exponential functions, and are continuous functions.
• Rational functions are continuous except at points where the denominator is 0.
• Logarithm is continuous, because its domain is only .
sin, cos
(0,1)
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1.4 Squeeze Theorem
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• There are no one-size-fits-all methods for computing limits.
• One technique that is useful for certain problems is to relate one limit to another.
• A foundational technique for this is based around the Squeeze Theorem.
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Suppose g(x) f(x) h(x) for some interval containing y.
) limx!y
g(x) limx!y
f(x) limx!y
h(x)
Squeeze Theorem
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• We will not prove this (or any, really) theorem.
• One classic application of the theorem is computing
limx!0
sin(x)
x
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• Direct substitution (which one should be very wary of when computing limits) fails.
• Indeed, plugging in yields
x = 0
sin(0)
0=
0
0= DNE
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• An instructive exercise is to show that, for
cos(x) sin(x)
x
1
) lim
x!0cos(x) lim
x!0
sin(x)
x
lim
x!01
) 1 limx!0
sin(x)
x
1
) limx!0
sin(x)
x
= 1