Tuesday, 25 August 2015

multivariable calculus - Limit of fracsin(xy2)xy




I found this interesting problem on calculating the limit of sin(xy2)xy on the positive coordinate axes x and y. That is, compute the limit on the points (x0,0) and (0,y0) when x0>0 and y0>0.




My approach was this:



If we first calculate the limit for x axis, the the x is a constant x=x0 and therefore the function is essentially a function of one variable:




f(y)=sin(x0y2)x0y



Using L'Hospital's rule:



lim



=\frac{\lim_{y\to0}2yx_0\cos(x_0y^2)}{\lim_{y\to0}x_0}=0



The same idea applies to the other limit.




But in the sheet where this problem was listed, this was listed as a "tricky" limit to calculate. It seemed quite simple, so I would like to hear whether this approach is correct. Thank you!


Answer



It is correct, the limit is 0 and the reasoning holds.


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