To do this informally, we split up the expression, once again, into its components. As above,.
この問題を解くために、式をその項ごとに分けます。例題 1よりです。
また、
であり、 です。 これらを足し合わせて、
となります。
例題 3
//より単純な例は?
次の関数の極限を求めよ:
From the previous example the limit of the numerator is The limit of the denominator is
例題 2より、分子の極限はであり、分母の極限は
です。
As the limit of the denominator is not equal to zero we can divide which gives
分母の極限が0でないので、単純に割って答えを出すことができます。よって、
となります。
例題 4
//必要ないのでは?
次の関数の極限を求めよ:
We apply the same process here as we did in the previous set of examples;
We can evaluate each of these;
例題 5
Evaluate the limit .
To evaluate this seemingly complex limit, be aware of your sine and cosine identities. We will also have to use two new facts. First, if f(x) is a trigonometric function (that is, one of sine, cosine, tangent, cotangent, secant or cosecant) and is defined at a, then . Second, .
To evaluate the limit, recognize that can be multiplied by to obtain which, by our trig identities, is . So, multiply the top and bottom by (This is allowed because it is identical to multiplying by one). This is a standard trick for evaluating limits of fractions; multiply the numerator and the denominator by a carefully chosen expression which will make the expression simplify somehow. In this case, we should end up with:
Your next step shall be to break this up into by the limit rule of multiplication. By the fact mentioned above, .
Next,
.
Thus, by multiplying these two results, we obtain 0.
We will now present an amazingly useful result, even though we cannot prove this yet. We can find the limit of any polynomial or rational function, as above, as long as that rational function is defined at c (so we are not dividing by zero). More precisely, c must be in the domain of the function.
Limits of Polynomials and Rational functions
If f is a polynomial or rational function that is defined at c then
We already learned this for trigonometric functions, so we see that it is easy to find limits of polynomial, rational or trigonometric functions wherever they are defined. In fact, this is true even for combinations of these functions; thus, for example, .
The squeeze theorem is very important in calculus proofs, where it typically are used to confirm the limit of a function via comparison with with two other functions whose limits are known.
It is called the Squeeze Theorem because it refers to a function f whose values are squeezed between the values of two other function g and h. g and h both have the same limit L at a point a. As f are trapped between the values of the two functions that approach L, the values of f must also approach L.
A more mathematical definition is:
Suppose that hold for all x in some open interval containing a, except possibly at itself. Suppose also that . Then also. Similar statements hold for left and right limit