Calculus for Engineering Sciences

Tong Wang
Department of Mathematics
NUAA
Spring 2015

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Attendance and Classroom Behavior

Come to class on time.
Be prepared to start on time.
Turn off your cell phone.
Do not read the newspaper, cruise the web, or
do anything that might disturb other students.
NO TALKING!!!
Late homework is not accepted!

Train is extremely important!

Doing as many exercises as you can and doing them by
yourself.
Repeating derivations in the textbooks independently.

An Introduction To Limits

Limits (expected value)

0
0

2
2
2

4
2
DNE =Does Not Exist

What value do we expect at x=2 ?

What value do we expect at x=a ?

lim f ( x) The limit of f ( x) as x approaches a

xa

Notation:

y f ( x)

What value do we expect from the left of x=a ?

Left limit:

lim f ( x)

x a

What value do we expect from the right of x=a ?

Right limit:

lim f ( x)

x a

What value do we expect at x=a ?

Limit:

lim f ( x)
x a

 Note:
lim f ( x) exists iff both lim f ( x) and lim f ( x) exist and
xa

xa

lim f ( x) = lim f ( x)

x a

x a

x a

lim f ( x) 0
x 1

lim f ( x) 1
x 0

lim f ( x) 0

x 1

lim f ( x) 1

x 1

lim f ( x) 1

x 1

lim f ( x) DNE
x 1

Example :
x 1
lim
x 1 x 1
2

lim f ( x) 1

x 1

lim f ( x) 0
x 0

lim f ( x) DNE
x 1

lim f ( x) DNE
x 2

lim f ( x) 1

x 1

lim f ( x) 6

x2

f (1) 2
f (2) 4

Limits: The Main Idea

The limit of f(x) as x approaches the value a gives
the behavior of f(x) near x=a

Intuitive Limits From Formulas

(plug in values if possible)

lim (2 x 1) ?
2

x 2

x 2 3x 2
lim
x2
x2
lim( x 1)
x2

lim f ( x) ?
x 2

where

f ( x)

2x 1
2
6

x2
x2

x 1 2
lim

x 1
x 1
2