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Lecture 3 (Limits and Derivatives)
Continuity
In the previous lecture we saw that very often the limit of a function as
is just . When this is the case we say that is continuous at a.
Definition: A function f is continuous at a if
To verify continuity, we need to check three things:
1. is defined
2. exists
3.
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We say f is discontinuous at a if f is not continuous at a.
Types of discontinuity:
removable discontinuity
step or jump discontinuity
infinite discontinuity
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Example1: For each function, find all points of discontinuity and classify
them.
(a) {
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(b)
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Definition: We say f is continuous from the right at a if
and f is continuous from the left at a if
Example:
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Definition: A function f is said to be continuous on an interval (a, b), if it is
continuous at every number .
Example: Is this function continuous on interval
(a) (-4, -2)?
(b) (-3, 0)?
(c) (0, 4)?
Example: is continuous on or everywhere.
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Example2 (Dirichlet function): {
Note: both rational numbers (where d = 1) and irrational numbers (where d = 0)
are dense in the real line. This means that if we take any open interval, however
small, there will be some rational and irrational number in this interval.
Also, there is not a single point where we would have any one-sided limit.
Indeed, pick some number a. In any neighborhood of a we find both rational and
irrational numbers, so on this neighborhood d oscillates between 0 and 1. So
there is no limit at a, not even one-sided.
We say, is a function which is discontinuous at every point. 2 http://math.feld.cvut.cz/mt/txtb/4/txe3ba4s.htm
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Define {
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Continuity Laws
If and are continuous at a and c is a constant, then
is continuous at a
is continuous at a
is continuous at a
is continuous at a, provided
Theorem: The following types of functions are continuous at every number in
their domains:
Polynomials
Rational functions
Root functions
Trigonometric functions/inverse trigonometric functions
Exponential functions/logarithmic functions
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Example: Find the intervals of continuity for the following function
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Theorem: If is continuous at a and is continuous at , then the
composite function is continuous at a.
Example: Define where the following functions are continuous.
(a)
(b)
(c) √
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Intermediate Value Theorem (IVT): Let be continuous on and N be
such that
( or )
Then there exists such that .
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Example3: Show that has a root in
Here is a graph showing the root that we just proved existed.
Note: we used a computer program to actually find the root, the IVT did not
tell us what this value was.
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Example4: If possible, determine if
takes the
following values in the interval .
(a) Does ?
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(b) Does ?
Note: The IVT will only tell us that c’s will exist. The theorem will NOT tell
us that c’s don’t exist.
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Here is the graph of :
From the graph we see that not only does in [0,5] it does so 4
times! We also verified that in [0,5] and in fact it does so 3 times.
Note: We can use the IVT to verify that a function will take on a value, but it
never tells us how many times the function will take on that value.
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Limits at Infinity
Definition: Let be defined on ( ). Then
means that the values of can be made arbitrarily close to L by taking x
sufficiently large positive (negative). In other words, as
( ).
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Definition: The line is called a horizontal asymptote of if
either
Example:
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Fact: If is a rational number such that is defined for all x, then
Example: Evaluate
(a)
(b)
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(c) √
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(d) √
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Example:
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Infinite Limits at Infinity
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Example: Evaluate
Example: Evaluate
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More examples:
(a)
(b)
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(c) Prove that
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Derivatives
Recall: The slope of the tangent line, m, is the limit of the slopes of the secant
lines:
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The tangent line to the curve at the point is the line
through P with slope
provided that the limit exists.
Example: Find an equation of the tangent line to at .
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Here is another expression for the slope of the tangent line:
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Example: Find the slope of the tangent line to √ at .
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The types of limits shown above occur so often that they were given a special
name.
Definition: The derivative of a function at a, denoted by , is
or
provided that the limit exists.
Another notation:
So the equation of the tangent line to at is given by
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Example: Find the slope of the tangent line to at .
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Let the number a vary, i.e. let's replace it with x:
If the limit exists we regard as a new function, called the derivative of f.
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Example: Given , find . Graph both, and .
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Definition: We say is differentiable at a if exists. It is differentiable on
if it is differentiable at every number in .
Theorem: If f is differentiable at a, then f is continuous at a.
Proof:
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Note: The converse of the above theorem is NOT true!
Example:
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When does function fail to be differentiable?
There are three possibilities:
corner
discontinuity
vertical tangent line
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Higher Derivatives
Note: if f is differentiable then is also a function and might have its own
derivative:
called the second derivative of f.
Another notation:
(
)
.
Similarly,
is the third derivative of f.
is the fourth derivative of f.
is the derivative of f (
).
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Example: Given , find .