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? -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Selwyn Hollis Associate Professor of Mathematics Armstrong Atlantic State University Savannah, GA 31419 USA <http://www.math.armstrong.edu/faculty/hollis/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~