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The Real And Complex Number Systems

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lim<br />

y0<br />

fx, y <br />

0ifx 0,<br />

1ifx 0.<br />

and lim<br />

x0<br />

fx, y <br />

0ify 0,<br />

1ify 0.<br />

lim<br />

x0<br />

lim<br />

y0<br />

fx, y<br />

lim<br />

y0<br />

limfx, y 1.<br />

x0<br />

In each of the preceding examples, determine whether the following limits exist and<br />

evaluate those limits that do exist:<br />

lim<br />

x0<br />

limfx, y ; lim<br />

y0 y0<br />

limfx, y ;<br />

x0<br />

lim fx, y.<br />

x,y0,0<br />

Now consider the functions f defined on R 2 as follows:<br />

(a) fx, y x2 y 2<br />

if x, y 0, 0, f0, 0 0.<br />

x 2 y 2<br />

Proof: 1. Since(x 0)<br />

we have<br />

2. Since (y 0)<br />

we have<br />

x<br />

limfx, y lim<br />

2 y 2<br />

x0 x0 x 2 y 2<br />

lim<br />

y0<br />

x<br />

limfx, y lim<br />

2 y 2<br />

y0 y0 x 2 y 2<br />

lim<br />

x0<br />

<br />

limfx, y 1.<br />

x0<br />

<br />

limfx, y 1.<br />

y0<br />

y 2<br />

1 ify 0,<br />

y 2 1ify 0,<br />

x 2<br />

1ifx 0,<br />

x 2 1ifx 0,<br />

3. (x, y 0, 0) Letx r cos and y r sin , where 0 2, and note that<br />

x, y 0, 0 r 0. <strong>The</strong>n<br />

lim fx, y lim x 2 y 2<br />

x,y0,0 x,y0,0 x 2 y 2<br />

lim<br />

r0<br />

r 2 cos 2 sin 2 <br />

r 2<br />

cos 2 sin 2 .<br />

So, if we choose and /2, we find the limit of fx, y does not exist as<br />

x, y 0, 0.<br />

Remark: 1. This case shows that<br />

1 lim<br />

x0<br />

lim<br />

y0<br />

fx, y<br />

lim<br />

y0<br />

lim<br />

x0<br />

fx, y<br />

1<br />

2. Obviously, the limit of fx, y does not exist as x, y 0, 0. Since if it was, then<br />

by (*), (**), and the preceding theorem, we know that<br />

which is absurb.<br />

lim<br />

x0<br />

lim<br />

y0<br />

fx, y<br />

lim<br />

y0<br />

lim<br />

x0<br />

fx, y<br />

**

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