What is the Limit of a Composite Function?

[goodheavens]

Homework Statement

If lim f(x) as x->0 is = 0 then lim \frac{sin(f(x))}{f(x)} as x->0 = 1?


dont know how to start proving this . thanks for the replies

 

[╔(σ_σ)╝]

When you say prove do you mean a rigorous proof as in epsilons and deltas ? Because that would be difficult.

You could make the substitution t = f(x) and applying the following

\lim_{t \to 0} \frac{sin(t)}{t} =1

There is a geometric proof of the above on youtube:

 

[goodheavens]

i've thought of that method also but there's this theorem that we have to use called the theorem on limit of a composite function which states that

if lim g(x) as x->a is = b and if the function f is continuous at b,
lim (f o g) (x) as x->a is = f(b)
or, equivalently,
lim f(g(x)) as x->a is = f(lim g(x)) as x->a

 

[SammyS]

Homework Statement

If lim f(x) as x->0 is = 0 then \lim_{x\to 0}\frac{\sin(f(x))}{f(x)}= 1\ ?

don't know how to start proving this . thanks for the replies

i've thought of that method also but there's this theorem that we have to use called the theorem on limit of a composite function which states that

if lim g(x) as x->a is = b and if the function f is continuous at b,
lim (f o g) (x) as x->a is = f(b)
or, equivalently,
lim f(g(x)) as x->a is = f(lim g(x)) as x->a

The function \displaystyle g(x)=\left\{\begin{array}{cc}\displaystyle {{\sin x}\over{x}},&amp;\mbox{ if }<br /> x\neq 0\\ \\ 1, &amp; \mbox{ if } x=0\end{array}\right.

is continuous on \mathbb{R}, the set of all real numbers.

 

[hgfalling]

Proving that the limit of sin(t)/t is 1 as t->0 is easy, just expand sin(t) as a series.

 

[goodheavens]

i see it now. thank you :)