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What we can do is make a substitution. We let x = r cos ( θ ) and y = r sin ( θ ) .
Now instead of writing lim x , y → 0 , 0 we can replace it with lim r → 0 .
x , y → 0 , 0 lim x 2 + y 2 x y = r → 0 lim r 2 r 2 cos ( θ ) sin ( θ ) = r → 0 lim cos ( θ ) sin ( θ ) = cos ( θ ) sin ( θ )
Since the limit isn't constant (i.e depends on θ ) we say the limit does not exist.