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CHAPTER 03
THEORY OF LIMITS
FORMAL DEFINITION OF A LIMIT
In the previous chapter we provided an intuitive definition of a limit, and we stated, but
did not prove, a number of useful limit theorems
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The intuitive definition earlier introduced is
correct
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What do we mean
with close?
In everyday life the use of “close” is relative, but in mathematics we need a more precise
description
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Definition 3
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(ii)
A neighborhood of a point c is an open interval (a,b) such that c  (a,b)
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They
will almost always represent small positive quantities
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2
Suppose that the function f is defined near a point c (i
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in a neighborhood of a point c)
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The inequality 0 < |x - c| that appears in the definition means “x is not c”
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The two inequalities
combined as a single statement 0 < |x - c| <  describes the open interval
( c - , c + ) from which c is deleted
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The formal definition of a limit requires that for every open interval about L,
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(L - , L + ), no matter how small, we can find an interval ( c - , c +) about c, of
whose function values lie within that interval about L
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No matter how small  is chosen,  can
be made small enough so that f(x) lies within a distance  from L
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y

L+
 L
L-

x
0

c- cc+

Definition 3
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Definition 3
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Examples:
1
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Now,
|(3x-1)-5|
= |3x-1-5|
= |3x- 6| = |3(x- 2)|
= |3 ||x-2| = 3 |x-2|

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|(3x-1)-5|
= 3 |x-2| <  if
|x-2| < /3
Thus we can take  = /3
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Any smaller positive  will also work
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(iii) The value of  depends on the value chosen for 
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It does not
mean the two statements are equal, and should not be used in the place
of “=”
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Show that lim x  4  1
x -3

Solution:
Given any  > 0, we must find a  > 0 such that if 0 < |x+3| < , then
| |x+4|-1| < 
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From the properties of absolute values it follows that
|x+4| - |1| ≤ | |x+4|-1| < 
Hence
|x+4| - |1| < 
Or
|x+4| <  + 1
From the properties of absolute values follow:
- ( + 1) < x + 4 < 

-  -1
< x+4 < 

-  -2
< x+3 < 

-  -2
< x+3 < 

-  -2
< x+3 < 

|x + 3| <  + 2
Therefore we can choose  =  + 2
3
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Now, we know (x3 -1) = (x-1)(x2+x+1)
Hence, if
|x3 - 1| < 

|x-1||x2+x+1| < 
(i)
We observe that the expression |x-1| we are looking for appears on the left hand
side, but we also have the expression |x2+x+1| for which we must find a
replacement
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If
|x-1| < 1
Then
-1
0
-2 < 0 < x < 2

-2 < x < 2

|x| < 2
Therefore
|x2+x+1| ≤ |x2 | + |x |+ |1| < 22 + 2 + 1 = 7
From expression (i) follows that |x-1||x2+x+1| < 7 |x-1| < 

|x-1| < 
 = min{1, 

Therefore

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EXERCISES
Use the formal definition of a limit to show that
lim (x  6)  5
1
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x 5

3
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x 1

lim (x 2  2x  1)  2

5
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x 2

lim 2x  2  6

7
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x 5

lim 1  5x  4

9
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x 3

2 x 3  5x 2  2 x  5
lim
7
x 1
x2 1

11
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x0

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THEOREMS ON LIMITS

Theorem 3
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x c

x c

Proof:
We use a method of proof called “Proof by contradiction”
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Assume M ≠ L then

Since

LM
2

> 0
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2

lim f(x)  M , for each  =

LM

x c

if 0 < |x-c| < 2 , then |f(x) - M| <  =

LM
2

2

> 0 there exists a 2 > 0 such that


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It follows that for each   0 , there exists   0 such that
|L - M|

= |[L – f(x)] + [f(x) – M]|
≤

|-[f(x) – L]|+|f(x)-M|

=

|f(x) - L|+|f(x)-M|

<
=

LM
2

+

LM
2

|L - M|

The conclusion |L - M| < |L - M| is a contradiction
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Remark:
Since the definition states “………for each  > 0 there exists a  > 0…
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Theorem 3
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For each


> 0 there exists a  > 0 such that if 0 < |x - c| <  , then
a
|f(x) - L| <


a

a



|a||f(x) - L| < |a|



| |a|f(x) - |a|L| < 



| af(x) - aL| < 

Therefore
lim[a f(x)] =

a lim f(x) = aL
x c

xc

Theorem 3
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2

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Also since lim g(x)  L 2 , then for each
x c

0 < |x - c| < 2, implies |g(x) – L2| <


> 0 there exists 2 > 0 such that
2



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For each  > 0, there exists  > 0 such that
0 < |x - c| < 



|f(x)+g(x) - L1 - L2|
=

|(f(x)- L1 ) + (g(x) - L2 )|

≤

|f(x) – L1|+|g(x) – L2|

<



+
2
2

=



Therefore,
lim[f(x)  g(x)]

= lim f(x) + lim g(x)

x c

xc

=

xc

L1 + L2

Theorem 3

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Title: THE THEORY OF LIMITS
Description: DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DEFFERENTIATING DIFFERENT LIMIT AND DERIVATIVES

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