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Bruce Mayer, PE Chabot College Mathematics

Bruce Mayer, PELicensed Electrical & Mechanical Engineer

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Chabot Mathematics

§1.6 Limits&

Continuity



Review §

Any QUESTIONS About• §1.5 → Limits

Any QUESTIONS About HomeWork• §1.5 → HW-05

1.5

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§1.6 Learning Goals

Compute and use one-sided limits

Explore the concept of continuity and examine the continuity of several functions

Investigate the intermediate value property

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Limits

Limits are a very basic aspect of calculus which needs to be taught first, after reviewing old material.

The concept of limits is very important, since we will need to use limits to make new ideas and formulas in calculus.

In order to understand calculus, limits are very fundamental to know!



Continuous Functions

Generally Speaking A function is very likely to be “continuous” if:

The graph has no holes or gaps and can be drawn on a piece of paper without lifting The Drawing Instrument(Pencil or Pen)

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Smooth Functions

Generally Speaking A function is very likely to be “smooth” if:

The graph of the function is a “flowing” curve. This means that the graph of the function does not contain any “sharp” corners• Smoothness Analysis will

be covered after we learn how to evaluate the “Slope” of curved lines

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Continuous vs. DisContinuous

CONTINUOUS Function Plot

DIScontinuous Function Plot



Smooth vs. Kinked/Cornered

SMOOTH-Curved Function Plot

SHARP-Cornered Function Plot



ONEsided Limits - From LEFT If f(x) Approaches L

as x→c from the Left; i.e., x<c, write:

• See Graph at Right

xfx -clim

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X: 1.285Y: 0.8547

X: 0.9539Y: 0.6419X: 0.6333

Y: 0.5223

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ONEsided Limits – From RIGHT If f(x) Approaches L

as x→c from the Left; i.e., x<c, write:


xfx clim

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0

1

2

3

4

X: 1.5Y: 1.034

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y =

f(x)

MTH15 • Bruce Mayer, PE • OneSided Limits

X: 2.066Y: 1.566

X: 1.766Y: 1.271

X: 2.337Y: 1.844

X: 2.607Y: 2.128


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Example PieceWise Fcn

Find the OneSided Limits for Function:

Compute the one-sided limits of f(x) as x approaches 1

1 if , 13

1 if , 1)(

2

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Example OneSided Limits

SOLUTION Need to Determine: Because the function is defined by the

first expression for values of x ≤1, have

Also the fcn is defined by the second expression for values of x >1, have

xfxfxx 11lim and lim

0)1(1)1(lim)(lim 22

11

xxf

xx

41)1(3)13(lim)(lim11

xxf

xx



Example OneSided Limits

SOLUTION ReCall the

Requirement for Limit Existence

For the Given Fcn use the Transitive Property to Recognize that the Limit x→1 Does Not Exist as

??lim 1 if , 13

1 if , 11x

2

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Continuity Analysis

DEFININITION: A function, f(x) is continuous at a point c If and Only If The limit of f(x) is independent of the direction of Approach; that is the fcn is continuous if:

• Note that this a Necessary AND Sufficient, Condition

xfxfxx

c c

limlim



Example Continuity Consider Function:


Determine if the Function is Continuous at• x = 4• x = 5

Use BiLateral Approach Limit Test

5

34327

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xxf

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Example Continuity Find for x = 4 The

BiLateral Limits

At x = 3.9999

At x = 4.0001

By the PolyNomial Limit Rule

The Left Approach (3.9999) and the Right Approach (4.0001) Both Lead to 235, thus the fcn IS Continuous at x = 4

5

34327lim&

5

34327lim

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x

x

x

xxx

234.979

59999.3

3439999.327

xf

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Example Continuity Now Check

Continuity at x = 5• Use Approach Tables

From Approach Tables Note:

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5

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xxf

x f (x )4 235

4.5 4434.8 10674.9 2107

4.99 208274.999 208027

4.9999 2080027

From LEFT

x f (x )5.0001 -2079973

5.001 -2079735.01 -20773

5.1 -20535.2 -10135.5 -389

6 -181

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5

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34327lim

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5

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x



PieceWise Continuity

A NONontinuous PieceWise-Defined Function can be made continuous thru the process of Break-Point Matching.

BreakPoint Matching• One Fcn Left Unchanged• At Least ONE Variable-Term in the other

Fcn is multiplied by a CONSTANT• The two Fcns are

then equated at the BreakPoint Value

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Example Make Continuous

Consider the Fcn: This Fcn is

NONcontinuous asshown in the Plot

Make this Plot Continuous for Constants P & Q:

1if7

1if1153 2

xx

xxxxf

7

1153 2

xQxf

xxPxf

Q

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Example Continuous at 8 The FineTuned Fcn The

Plot

1if7

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Example Continuous at −13 The FineTuned Fcn The

Plot

1if7813

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Intermediate Value Theorem If f(x) is a continuous function on a closed

interval [a, b] and L is any number between f(a) and f(b), then there is at least one number c in [a, b] such that f(c) = L

( )y f x

a b

f(a)

f(b)

c

f(c) = L

x

y



Example IVT

Given Fcn → Show That f(x)=0 has a solution on [1,2] SOLUTION Since the Function is a PolyNomial the

Fcn IS Continuous for all x Check Interval EndPoints

523 2 xxxf

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045121312

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f

f



Example IVT STATE: f(x) is

continuous (polynomial) and since f(1) < 0 and f(2) > 0, by the Intermediate Value Theorem there exists c on [1, 2] such that f(c) = 0.

0 1 2 3-10

-5

0

5

10

15

x

y =

f(x)

=3

x2 - 2

x -

5

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% Bruce Mayer, PE% MTH-15 • 01Jul13% XY_fcn_Graph_BlueGreenBkGnd_Solid_Marker_Template1306.m%% The Limitsxmin = 0; xmax1 = 3; xmin2 = xmax1; xmax = 3; ymin = -10; ymax = 15;% The FUNCTIONx1 = linspace(xmin,xmax1,500); y1 = 3*x1.^2 - 2*x1 - 5 ;x2 = linspace(xmin2,xmax,500); y2 = 3*x2.^2 - 2*x2 - 5;% The Total Function by appendingx = [x1, x2]; y = [y1, y2];% % The ZERO Lineszxh = [xmin xmax]; zyh = [0 0]; zxv = [0 0]; zyv = [ymin ymax];%% the 6x6 Plotaxes; set(gca,'FontSize',12);whitebg([0.8 1 1]); % Chg Plot BackGround to Blue-Greenplot(x1,y1,'b', x2,y2,'b',zxh,zyh, 'k',... 'LineWidth', 3),axis([xmin xmax ymin ymax]),... grid, xlabel('\fontsize{14}x'), ylabel('\fontsize{14}y = f(x)=3x^2 - 2x - 5'),... title(['\fontsize{14}MTH15 • Bruce Mayer, PE • IVT',]),... annotation('textbox',[.41 .05 .0 .1], 'FitBoxToText', 'on', 'EdgeColor', 'none', 'String', 'XYfcnGraphBlueGreenBkGndSolidMarkerTemplate1306.m','FontSize',7)hold onset(gca,'XTick',[xmin:1:xmax]); set(gca,'YTick',[ymin:5:ymax])hold off



WhiteBoard Work

Problems From §1.6• P13 → Find Limit Using Algebra• P52 → Electrically Charged Sphere• P56 → Create Continuity

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All Done for Today

KnowYourLimits

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Chabot Mathematics

Appendix

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Make Continuous - P



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Charge Hollow Sphere E-fld

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