Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 13 - Partial Derivatives - 13.2 Limits And Continuity - Exercises Set 13.2 - Page 926: 38

Answer

$f(x, y)$ is continuous at point (0,0)

Work Step by Step

We have to prove that $f(x, y)$ is continous at (0,0) \[ \begin{array}{l} f(x, y)=\frac{\sin \left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)}{x^{2}+y^{2}} \text { for all }(x, y) \neq(0,0) \\ f(x, y)=1 \quad \text { for }(x, y)=(0,0) \end{array} \] So we find the limit of $f(x, y)$ at point (0,0), and if it exists, then the function is continous at (0,0) \[ \begin{array}{l} =\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} f(x, y) \\ =\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{\sin \left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right)}{x^{2}+y^{2}} \end{array} \] Let $z=x^{2}+y^{2}$ when $(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)$; then $z \rightarrow 0$ \[ \begin{aligned} &=\lim _{z \rightarrow 0} \frac{\sin z}{z} \\ &=1 \\ \because f(0,0) &=\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} f(x, y) \end{aligned} \] So $f(x, y)$ is continous at (0,0)
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