DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
EXERCISE PROBLEMS FOR LIMITS
1. Check if the the following limits exists. If they do, find them.
(i)
lim log2 |x|
x→0
(ii)
lim log2 |x|
x→2
(iii)
ex
lim
x→∞ log2 |x|
(iv)
x2
lim
x→0 ln |x|
Here ln means logarithm with base e.
(v)
x2 + x − 6
lim
x→2 |x − 2|
2. Consider the signum (or sign) function, denoted by sgn, defined as follows:
−1, if x < 0
sgn(x) = 0, if x = 0
1, if x > 0.
Find the following limits of explain why they do not exists (You can use sequences).
(i)
lim+ sgn(x)
x→0
(ii)
lim x sgn(x)
x→0−
(iii)
lim sgn(x)
x→0
(iv)
lim |sgn(x)|
x→0
3. If
lim f (x) = L > 0,
x→a
then show that there exists δ > 0 such that f (x) > 0 for all x ∈ (a − δ, a + δ), maybe except
at x = a.
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4. Find both vertical and horizontal asymptotes of f (x) = x−2 .