Thursday 16 May 2013

calculus - Sin properties - Why is this undefined?

Why is sin(-π/2)^(1/2) undefined? sin(-π/2) is -1, so I thought the the answer would be the same, -1^(1/2)=-1? But my calculator and the answers sheet both say undefined...

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real analysis - How to find $lim_{hrightarrow 0}frac{sin(ha)}{h}$

How to find $\lim_{h\rightarrow 0}\frac{\sin(ha)}{h}$ without lhopital rule? I know when I use lhopital I easy get $$ \lim_{h\rightarrow 0}...