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SmithMinton Calculus ET 5e C01 S03
SmithMinton Calculus ET 5e C01 S03
SmithMinton Calculus ET 5e C01 S03
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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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
THEOREM 3.1
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.1 Finding the Limit of a Polynomial
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.1 Finding the Limit of a Polynomial
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.3 Finding a Limit by Factoring
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
THEOREM 3.2
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
THEOREM 3.3
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.4 Evaluating the Limit of an nth Root of a
Polynomial
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.4 Evaluating the Limit of an nth Root of a
Polynomial
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.5 Finding a Limit by Rationalizing
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE A More Challenging Form
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE A More Challenging Form
Solution
lim
h→0 ( 1
)−
1
h h √ h+1
lim
h →0( h √ h +1 ) ( h √ h+1 √ h+ 1+1 ) ( h √ h+1 ( √ h+1+1 ) )
√ h +1− 1 =lim √ h+1 −1 ⋅ √ h+ 1+1 =lim
h→0
h+1− 1
h→0
lim
h→0 ( 1
=
)
√ h+1 ( √ h+ 1+1 ) 2
1
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE Evaluate the Indicated Limit
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE Evaluate the Indicated Limit
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
THEOREM 3.4
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
THEOREM 3.4
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.8 Using the Squeeze Theorem to Verify the
Value of a Limit
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.8 Using the Squeeze Theorem to Verify the
Value of a Limit
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.8 Using the Squeeze Theorem to Verify the
Value of a Limit
Solution
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.9 A Limit for a Piecewise-Defined Function
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1.3 COMPUTATION OF LIMITS
EXAMPLE 3.9 A Limit for a Piecewise-Defined Function
Solution
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