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Trang 1THE LIMIT AND CONTINUITY OF A FUNCTION
E LECTRONIC VERSION OF LECTURE
Dr Lê Xuân Đại
HoChiMinh City University of Technology Faculty of Applied Science, Department of Applied Mathematics
Trang 3P HYSICS
According to the special theory of relativity developed by Albert Einstein, the length of a moving object, as measured by an observer at rest, shrinks as
s
1 − v
2
c 2 , where c is the speed of light.
Question: If the space shuttle were able to approach
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Trang 5c 2 = L 0
s
1 − c 2
c 2 = 0
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Trang 6Let f (x) be defined on some open interval that
DEFINITION 1.1
The number L ∈ R is called the limit of f (x) as x
approaches a, and we write
x→a f (x) = L means that the values of f (x) can be made
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Trang 9C ALCULATING L IMITS USING THE LIMIT LAWS
THEOREM 1.1
Suppose that lim
x→a f (x) = A ∈ R and lim
B if B 6= 0.
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Trang 11THEOREM 1.2
The squeeze theorem: If
1 f (x) É g(x) É h(x) where x is near a (except possibly
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Trang 14DEFINITION 1.2
The number L ∈ R is called the limit of f (x) as x
approaches a from the left if for every number ε > 0
there is a number δ > 0 such that
if a − δ < x < a then |f (x) − L| < ε
DEFINITION 1.3
The number L ∈ R is called the limit of f (x) as x
approaches a from the right if for every number ε > 0
there is a number δ > 0 such that
if a < x < a + δ then |f (x) − L| < ε
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Trang 15THEOREM 1.3
lim
x→a f (x) = L if and only if
( lim
Trang 16x→0 f (x) does not exist.
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Trang 23The elementary functions such as polynomials,
x α , sin x, cos x, a x , log a x(x > 0) are continuous at every number in their domains.
EXAMPLE 2.1
Evaluate lim
x→3 (x 3 − 5x 2 + 7x − 10)
SOLUTION Since f (x) = x 3 − 5x 2 + 7x − 10 is a polynomial function, it is continuous at every
Trang 261 If f (x) is continuous at every number on an open
interval (a, b), then f (x) is continuous on (a, b)
2 f (x) is continuous on the closed interval [a, b], if
f (x) is continuous on the open interval (a, b) and
Trang 28Suppose that g is continuous at a and f is continuous
at g(a) Then, the composition f ◦ g is continuous at a
lim
x→a (f ◦g)(x) = lim
x→a f (g(x)) = f ³ lim
x→a g(x) ´ = f (g(a)) = (f ◦g)(a).
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Trang 29Determine where h(x) = cos(x 2 − 5x + 2) is continuous.
SOLUTION h(x) = f (g(x)), where g(x) = x 2 − 5x + 2 and
f (x) = cosx. Since both f and g are continuous for all
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Trang 30DEFINITION 3.1
Let f (x) be a function defined on some open interval that contains the number a, except possibly at a itself Then
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Trang 32DEFINITION 3.2
Let f (x) be a function defined on some open interval that contains the number a, except possibly at a itself Then
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Trang 41x→+∞ f (x) = L means that the values of f (x) can be
ε ).
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Trang 43x→−∞ f (x) = L means that the values of f (x) can be
on ε ).
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Trang 44EXAMPLE 3.3
Evaluate lim
x→∞
3x 2 − x − 2 5x 2 + 4x + 1
SOLUTION Devide both the numerator and
the denominator
lim
x→∞
3x 2 − x − 2 5x 2 + 4x + 1 = lim x→∞
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Trang 47p 2
3 , y = −
p 2 3
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Trang 54x→+∞ f (x) = +∞ means that the values of f (x) can be
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Trang 55The Limit Laws can not be applied to infinite limits
lim
x→+∞ (x 2 − x) = lim
x→+∞ x(x − 1) = ∞ × ∞ = ∞
so their product does too.
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Trang 56SOLUTION We divide the numerator and
Trang 57This means that:
x→a+ f (x) and
lim
x→a− f (x) does not exist or is equal ∞
x→a+ f (x) and lim
x→a− f (x) exist but at least one of the above equalities is not true.
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Trang 58DEFINITION 4.2
A function f has a removable discontinuity at a if
lim
x→a+ f (x) and lim
x→a− f (x) exist and either f (a) is undefined or
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Trang 64M AT L AB : L IMITS
Trang 65M AT L AB : F UNCTIONS
⇒ ans = exp(2 ∗ x).
ans = log(x).
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Trang 66M AT L AB : M ATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION
simplify(f ) ⇒ ans = 1.
ans = xˆ3 − x.
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Trang 67M AT L AB : I NPUT - O UTPUT
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Trang 68THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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