MATA33H3 Lecture 7: Lecture 7 (10.1 - 10.2)

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10. Limits & Continuity
Motivation Zeno
Achilles 10 m/s
Tortoise 1 m/s
How long does it take to catch the tortoise?
In order for Achilles to catch the tortoise, he needs to travel a distance that is the sum of infinitely many positive intervals!
Zeno: Canā€™t add infinitely many positive #ā€™s. Hence, Achilles never catches the tortoise.
Zeno: Motion is impossible
Lacked a concept of a limit.
Idea: Limit is a way of saying something gets really close to something else
What should be the limit of x +1 as x 0? Should be 1!
If I give you and error, =0.01, then for x close to 0, x +1 should away from 1, at most
Deļ¬nition: (Heuristic) the limit of f(x) as x c is a real number 1. If f(x) is arbitrarily close to L whenever x is sufficiently close to
c. In this case we write
(Technical) The limit of f(x) as x c is L if
for any >0, these exists a >0, such that if
then
Deļ¬nition: Of no such L exists and satisfy the definition of , then we say the limit does not exist (DNE)
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In order for achilles to catch the tortoise, he needs to travel a distance that is the sum of infinitely many positive intervals! Idea: limit is a way of saying something gets really close to something else. If i give you and error, =0. 01, then for x close to 0, x +1 should away from 1, at most. De nition: (heuristic) the limit of f(x) as x c is a real number 1. If f(x) is arbitrarily close to l whenever x is sufficiently close to: in this case we write (technical) the limit of f(x) as x c is l if. De nition: of no such l exists and satisfy the definition of , then we say the limit does not exist (dne) Remark for any >0, these exists a >0, such that if then. If p(x) is a polynomial, then f(x) = a = constant.

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