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Limit glitch

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg14073] Limit glitch
• From: Selwyn Hollis <shollis at peachnet.campus.mci.net>
• Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 03:25:05 -0400
• Organization: fair
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I'm wondering whether this has been covered here before. I just noticed
that Limit often gives wrong results at jump discontinuities. For
example,  Limit[x/Abs[x], x->0]  returns 1. The pattern seems to be
that the right-sided limit is always given.

Does anyone know anything about this?

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Dr. Selwyn Hollis
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Armstrong Atlantic State University
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