Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.2 - The Limit of a Function - 2.2 Exercises - Page 94: 51

Answer

We can see a graph of the function $y = sin(\frac{\pi}{x})$ on the interval $[-1, 1]$ As we zoom toward the origin, we can see that the graph moves up and down between the values of $-1$ and $1$ infinitely many times on shorter and shorter intervals.

Work Step by Step

We can see a graph of the function $y = sin(\frac{\pi}{x})$ on the interval $[-1, 1]$ As we zoom toward the origin, we can see that the graph moves up and down between the values of $-1$ and $1$ infinitely many times on shorter and shorter intervals. Since the function does not converge on a single point as $x$ approaches 0, $\lim\limits_{x \to 0}sin(\frac{\pi}{x})$ does not exist. Also, the function is undefined at $x=0$
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