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#1 2013-06-16 02:07:29

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Limit

0 or does not exist?


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#2 2013-06-16 02:16:59

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Re: Limit

Yes, it is 0. Why should it not exist?


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#3 2013-06-16 02:24:02

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Re: Limit

Yup. It is 0. Probably you mean there should be a sign (negative or positive) for infinity? Not needed in this case.

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#4 2013-06-16 02:33:29

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Re: Limit

OK

∞ or does not exist?


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#5 2013-06-16 03:10:49

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Re: Limit

Hi;

I would say ∞.


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#6 2013-06-16 03:11:04

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Re: Limit

it is infinity.

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#7 2013-06-16 03:25:17

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Re: Limit

But isn't it different from different directions??


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#8 2013-06-16 03:30:20

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Re: Limit

That is very good, I always forget that. You are correct. It is undefined.


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#9 2013-06-16 04:20:33

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Re: Limit

The second limit does not exist,it would exist if absolute value was used.


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#10 2013-06-16 04:27:25

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Re: Limit

Or if the denominator was x[sup]2[/sup]


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#11 2013-06-16 04:29:00

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Then I would say it is infinity, because it has the same limit from both sides.


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#12 2013-06-16 04:36:32

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Re: Limit

Yes. I was adding an option to post 9 actually


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#13 2013-06-16 04:39:01

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Re: Limit

Mathematica believes the first limit is infinity. Something about a projective plane...


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#14 2013-06-16 04:41:41

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Re: Limit

OK but my কলনবিদ্যা (pronounced something like "Kalanbidya" meaning Calculus) book does not agree that #4 is infinity


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#15 2013-06-16 04:46:15

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Re: Limit

Which one is number 4?


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#16 2013-06-16 13:06:34

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Re: Limit

The limit would also exist,if it was one sided limit.


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#17 2013-06-16 13:28:44

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Re: Limit

Agnishom wrote:

OK

∞ or does not exist?

This is number 4


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#18 2013-06-16 14:01:06

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Oh yes, I would say it is undefined. I was just mentioning that M does not agree. The Wiki page explains why but I do not understand.


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#19 2013-06-16 14:08:55

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Re: Limit

Could you please provide a link?


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#20 2013-06-16 14:16:26

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Re: Limit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_of_a_function

It starts with this line:

In contrast, when working with the projective real line, infinities (much like 0) are unsigned, so, the central limit does exist in that context:


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#21 2013-06-16 14:29:42

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Re: Limit

Which do you not understand?


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#22 2013-06-16 14:42:06

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Re: Limit

The whole thing about why that limit now exists.


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#23 2013-06-16 15:56:27

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Re: Limit

Does it exist?


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#24 2013-06-16 16:33:48

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Re: Limit

In projective space there are 2 points at infinity in any direction,since 2 lines intersect in one point and a parallel line intersects both points at infinity,the two points are considered same,thus in case of real projective line infinity and nagetive infinity are the same points and the limit is simply infinity(or minus infinity,doesn't matters cause they're same)

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