Re: Calculus : limits
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- Subject: [mg51338] Re: Calculus : limits
- From: "Peltio" <peltio at twilight.zone>
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 06:37:54 -0400 (EDT)
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"Amir" >Limit[(Abs[Sin[x]-Sin[2 x]]) / x, x->0] > >I use Mathematica v.5. I get the wrong (??) answer : 1 > >While I try to display the graph of this function by using "Plot", it >seems that there is no limit at the point x=0. Yep, the limit from the left is -1, while that from the right is +1. They can hardly agree in zero. : ] Ultimately your limit is equivalent to that of Abs[x]/x for x->0 You should load the package Calculus`Limit` to compute limits with discontinuos functions such as Abs. (But don't forget, as you've just done, to double check the result you get). cheers, Peltio Invalid address in reply-to. Crafty demunging required to mail me.