Calculus 1 Lecture 3 - Limits and Continuity
Calculus 1 Lecture 3 - Limits and Continuity
CALCULUS I
1st Semester, S.Y 2024-2025
INSTRUCTOR:
𝐥𝐢𝐦(𝟑𝒙 + 𝟏) = 𝟏
𝒙→𝟎
𝒙𝟐 − 𝟐𝒙
𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝐥𝐢𝐦 =𝟐
𝒙→𝟐 𝒙→𝟐 𝒙−𝟐
❖ If we say that 𝐿 is the limit of 𝑓 𝑥 as x approaches a number 𝑎,
then we actually say that the value of f x can be made close to L
as we please by taking 𝑥 close enough to 𝑎.
❖ In other words, we can make 𝑓 𝑥 − 𝐿 very small by making 𝑥 − 𝑎 ,
𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. This “smallness” is usually denoted by 𝜖 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝛿.
❖ The value of 𝛿 depends on ϵ.
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Formal Definition of Limit
𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑓 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑥 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝐼
𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎, 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑖𝑡𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇 𝒙 𝒂𝒔
𝒙 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝑳, 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏
𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝑳
𝒙→𝒂
𝑖𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝜖 > 0, ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝛿 > 0 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡
lim (2𝑥 − 7) = 3
𝑥→5
Examples:
1. lim 5 =5 2. lim 3 = 3
𝑥→2 𝑥→2
Examples:
1. lim 𝑥 =4 2. lim 𝑥 = 2
𝑥→4 𝑥→ 2
lim − 3 + lim 𝑥 = −3 + −1 = −4
𝑥→−1 𝑥→−1
lim 𝑘 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑘 lim 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝑘𝐿
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎
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Limit Theorems: Examples
1. lim (7𝑥 + 11)(−4𝑥 + 1)
𝑥→−2
= lim (7𝑥 + 11) ∙ lim (−4𝑥 + 1)
𝑥→−2 𝑥→−2
= −3 ∙ 9 = −27
2. lim 5𝑥 3𝑥 − 5 (−𝑥 + 2)
𝑥→3
= lim 5𝑥 ∙ lim (3𝑥 − 5) ∙ lim (−𝑥 + 2
𝑥→3 𝑥→3 𝑥→3
= 15 ∙ 4 ∙ −1 = −60
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Limit Theorems
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎 𝟕: 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫
2. lim 3 + 2𝑥 2
𝑥−2 5
𝑥→−1
3 5
= lim 3 + 2𝑥 ∙ lim 𝑥 − 2 = 13 ∙ −3 5
= −243
𝑥→−1 𝑥→−1
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Limit Theorems
𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒎 𝟖: 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍
If lim 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝐿 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛
𝑥→𝑎
𝑛 𝑛 𝑛 𝑛
lim 𝑓(𝑥) = lim 𝑓 𝑥 = 𝐿, 𝐿 ∈ ℝ
𝑥→𝑎 𝑥→𝑎
3
2. lim 8 + 21𝑥
𝑥→0
3
= lim (8 + 21𝑥) = 2
𝑥→0
𝑓 𝑥 lim 𝑓(𝑥) 𝐿
𝑥→𝑎
lim = =
𝑥→𝑎 𝑔(𝑥) lim 𝑔(𝑥) 𝑀
𝑥→𝑎
𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 𝑥 𝑥 − 2
𝐹 𝑥 = = = 𝑥 = 𝐺(𝑥)
𝑥−2 𝑥−2
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛,
2
𝑥 − 2𝑥
lim = lim 𝑥 = 2
𝑥→2 𝑥 − 2 𝑥→2
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Limit Theorems: Examples
𝑥+1−1
2. lim 𝑤𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟:
𝑥→0 𝑥
𝑥+1−1 𝑥+1+1 1
𝐹 𝑥 = ∙ = = 𝐺(𝑥)
𝑥 𝑥+1+1 𝑥+1+1
𝑥+1−1
lim 𝐹 𝑥 = lim = lim G(x)
𝑥→0 𝑥→0 𝑥 𝑥→0
1
lim G x =
𝑥→0 2
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