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SmithMinton Calculus ET 5e C01 S02
SmithMinton Calculus ET 5e C01 S02
CHAPTER
Limits and Continuity
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1.1 A BRIEF PREVIEW OF CALCULUS: TANGENT LINES
AND THE LENGTH OF A CURVE
1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
1.4 CONTINUITY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
1.5 LIMITS INVOLVING INFINITY; ASYMPTOTES
1.6 FORMAL DEFINITION OF THE LIMIT
1.7 LIMITS AND LOSS-OF-SIGNIFICANCE ERRORS
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.1 Evaluating a Limit
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.1 Evaluating a Limit
Solution
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.1 Evaluating a Limit
Solution
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.1 Evaluating a Limit
Solution
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.1 Evaluating a Limit
Solution
We can also determine the limit algebraically.
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.2 A Limit That Does Not Exist
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.2 A Limit That Does Not Exist
Solution
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.3 Determining Limits Graphically
Solution
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE Determining Limits Graphically
Use the graph of f(x) to answer the following questions.
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE Determining Limits Graphically
Solution
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) Undefined
(d) 2
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE Determining Limits Algebraically
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE Determining Limits Algebraically
Solution
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) DNE
(e) 0
(f) DNE
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.4 A Limit Where Two Factors Cancel
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.4 A Limit Where Two Factors Cancel
Solution
From the left:
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.4 A Limit Where Two Factors Cancel
Solution
From the right:
Conjecture:
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.4 A Limit Where Two Factors Cancel
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.4 A Limit Where Two Factors Cancel
Solution
Algebraic cancellation:
Likewise:
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.5 A Limit That Does Not Exist
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.5 A Limit That Does Not Exist
Solution
From the right:
Conjecture:
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.5 A Limit That Does Not Exist
Solution
From the left:
Conjecture:
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
EXAMPLE 2.5 A Limit That Does Not Exist
Solution
Conjecture:
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1.2 THE CONCEPT OF LIMIT
REMARK 2.1
Computer or calculator computation of limits is
unreliable.
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