Limits…

Calculus Level 1

Is true?

lim x 0 f ( x ) = lim x a f ( x a ) \lim _{x\rightarrow 0}{f\left( x \right) =\lim _{ x\rightarrow a}{f\left( x-a \right) }}

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1 solution

Carlos Herrera
Jan 3, 2016

This is a Spivak's Problem, and we can read the solution at the end of the book with epsilon-delta definition. Suppose that lim x 0 f ( x ) = L \lim _{ x\rightarrow 0 }{ f\left( x \right)}=L Define g ( x ) = f ( x a ) g\left(x\right)=f\left(x-a\right) Note that lim x a g ( x ) = L lim h 0 g ( a + h ) = L \lim_{x\rightarrow a}{g\left(x\right)}=L\Longleftrightarrow\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}{g\left(a+h\right)}=L Therefore: lim h 0 g ( a + h ) = lim h 0 f ( a + h a ) = lim h 0 f ( h ) \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}{g\left(a+h\right)}=\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}{f\left(a+h-a\right)}=\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}{f\left(h\right)} But lim h 0 f ( h ) \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}{f\left(h\right)} exists and is L L , we can conclude that lim x a g ( x ) = L \lim_{x\rightarrow a}{g\left(x\right)}=L

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Checkout the function [x] for x>4 and x^2 for -1=<x<=4 and take a=5 then the second limit does not exist how can they be equal... it must be given that in problem that f(x)

rishabh singhal - 4 years, 10 months ago

Is a continuos function

rishabh singhal - 4 years, 10 months ago

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Not really. Maybe there is something wrong in the proof. The continuity isn't part of the hypothesis.

Carlos Herrera - 4 years, 9 months ago

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