It is well known that
limx→0sin(x)x=1
I know several proofs of this: the geometric proof shows that cos(θ)≤sin(θ)θ≤1 and using the Squeeze Theorem I conclude that limx→0sin(x)x=1, other proof uses the Maclaurin series of sin(x). My question is: is there a demonstration of this limit using the epsilon-delta definition of limit?
Answer
Here is a more direct answer for this: Since cosθ<sinθθ<1, one can get
|sinθθ−1|<1−cosθ.
But 1−cosθ=2sin2θ2≤θ22 and hence
|sinθθ−1|≤θ22.
Now it is easy to use ε−δ definition to get the answer.
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