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vertciel
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Hello there,
I would like to learn how I can use the formal definition of a limit to prove that a limit does not exist. Unfortunately, my textbook (by Salas) does not offer any worked examples involving the following type of limit so I am not sure what to do. I write below that delta = 1 would seem to work because f(x) = 1/x increases without bounds on (0,1].
Thank you for your help.
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[tex] \begin{align}
& \text{Prove that }\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1}{x}\text{ does not exist}\text{.}
\end{align}[/tex]
[tex]>\begin{align}
& \text{I know that I must negate the limit definition, as such:} \\
& \forall \text{L,}\exists \varepsilon \text{0 st }\delta \text{0, }\left| x-c \right|<\delta \Rightarrow \left| f(x)-L \right|\ge \varepsilon \\
& \text{Also, I believe that if I take }\delta =1,\text{ this value will help me with the above}\text{.} \\
& \text{However, how would I go about doing this? }
\end{align}[/tex]
I would like to learn how I can use the formal definition of a limit to prove that a limit does not exist. Unfortunately, my textbook (by Salas) does not offer any worked examples involving the following type of limit so I am not sure what to do. I write below that delta = 1 would seem to work because f(x) = 1/x increases without bounds on (0,1].
Thank you for your help.
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Homework Statement
[tex] \begin{align}
& \text{Prove that }\underset{x\to 0}{\mathop{\lim }}\,\frac{1}{x}\text{ does not exist}\text{.}
\end{align}[/tex]
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
[tex]>\begin{align}
& \text{I know that I must negate the limit definition, as such:} \\
& \forall \text{L,}\exists \varepsilon \text{0 st }\delta \text{0, }\left| x-c \right|<\delta \Rightarrow \left| f(x)-L \right|\ge \varepsilon \\
& \text{Also, I believe that if I take }\delta =1,\text{ this value will help me with the above}\text{.} \\
& \text{However, how would I go about doing this? }
\end{align}[/tex]