Friday, 25 October 2019

calculus - Limit of sin(1/x) - why there is no limit?



limx0+sin(1x)

I know that there is no limit.



but, why there is no limit?
I tried x=0.4, x=0.3, x=0.1, it looks like the limit is 0.



And how can I show that there is no limit? I tried to calculate it like all the other functions, and I got wrong result and I don't know why:



limx0+sin(1x)=sin(10+)=sin(1)=sin(0)=0.


Answer



Why there is no limit?




The graphic can help you understand why and suggest you some approach for the proof:



enter image description here



Remark: You have to be careful with tables of values because they can be misleading:



x12π13π14π15πsin(1x)0000



x25π29π213π217πsin(1x)1111



(The tables above are a sketch of the proof - see Theorem 2.4 here.)


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