Are these two functions equivalent when y = 0?

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The functions y^2(A(x/y)^2 + B(x/y) + C) and Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^2 are equivalent only when y is not equal to zero. The left-hand side (LHS) of the equation is undefined when y equals zero, while the right-hand side (RHS) can accept y as zero. Evaluating the limit as y approaches zero does not equate to substituting y with zero, confirming that the two expressions are not equivalent at that point.

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Hello!

Am I right to conclude that:
y^2(A(\frac{x}{y})^2 + B(\frac{x}{y})+ C) = Ax^2 + Bxy + Cy^2

Only when y does not equal zero. I'm guessing I could evaluate the function lim y -> 0 but this is not the same as y explicitly equalling zero, is it? On the RHS, y can equal zero, on the LHS, y cannot equal zero. So I am guessing they are only equal when y does not equal zero.
Is this true?

Many thanks.
 
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Indeed, you cannot evaluate the expression in 0. It is undefined in 0.
 
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