B Vertical asymptote with an epsilon-delta proof?

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I've got a very recurred rational function for which I would like to find out the proof of the vertical asymptote.
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The aim is to prove how the approach from the left and right sides of the ##x##x axis eventually renders a vertical asymptote for the function ##\frac{1}{x}##. I've been searching in the textbook "Calculus", 7th edition, by Robert A. Adams and Christopher Essex, but I haven't found nothing but uncertain clues. Or naive proofs ( i.e., YouTube, mentioning the fact that the more we become near to zero at the abscissa, the less turns the ordinate). Any suggestion would be fine. Apologizes for not attempt provided.

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Doesn't this follow directly from the ordering of the real numbers? From that you have that

(1) x^{-1} is strictly decreasing for x > 0 (0 < x < y < 1 \Leftrightarrow 1 < 1/y < 1/x).
(2) \{x^{-1} : x > 0 \} has no upper bound (consider the sequence x_n = n^{-1} for integer n > 0.)
(3) Multiplication by -1 reverses order.

EDIT: There is a vertical asymptote at zero for essentially the same reasons that x^{-1} \to 0 as x \to \infty; it is easy to see that the curve (x,x^{-1}) is symmetric about the line (x,x).
 
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Hi, PF, I've been working with help a delta-epsilon proof of a left-sided limit when ##x\rightarrow{0^-}## for the function ##\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}##:

##\forall{\,\epsilon>0}\,\exists{\,\delta>0}##, such that if ##-\delta<x<0##, then ##\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}<-\epsilon##

If we choose ##\delta=\displaystyle\frac{1}{\epsilon}>0##, and substitute in ##-\delta<x<0##, we obtain ##\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}<-\epsilon<0##. Therefore it is proved that ##\lim_{x\rightarrow{0^-}}{\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}}=-\infty##

Is it right? Is ##\delta=\displaystyle\frac{1}{\epsilon}## the solution?

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Hi, PF, I've been working with help a delta-epsilon proof of a left-sided limit when ##x\rightarrow{0^-}## for the function ##\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}##:

##\forall{\,\epsilon>0}\,\exists{\,\delta>0}##, such that if ##-\delta<x<0##, then ##\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}<-\epsilon##

If we choose ##\delta=\displaystyle\frac{1}{\epsilon}>0##, and substitute in ##-\delta<x<0##, we obtain ##\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}<-\epsilon<0##. Therefore it is proved that ##\lim_{x\rightarrow{0^-}}{\displaystyle\frac{1}{x}}=-\infty##

Is it right? Is ##\delta=\displaystyle\frac{1}{\epsilon}## the solution?

Greetings!
It's the outline of a proof, but not a proof. Also, you begin by stating what it is you want to prove. It's not clear whether this is an assumption (which would be wrong) or a statement of what you are trying to prove.

You must be able to structure an elementary proof correctly before you can tackle more complicated proofs.
 
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