MAS102 Wed 8:00pm Quiz 1 ID: Sol Name: TA

1 State the definition of one of “onto(surjective)” and “one-one(injective)” for a function

10 Points f : X → Y . (Choose one of them.)

Solution.

 A function f : X → Y is asid to be onto (or surjective) if every element of Y is the image

of some element of X.

 A function f : X → Y is called one-one (or injective) if no two distinct elements of the

domain have the same image under f .

2 Give an example of one of a “surjective(onto)” function and an “injective(one-one)”

10 Points function.

Solution. There are many examples.

3 State the definition of “limit” of a function f : X ⊆ Rn → Rm using ε and δ.

10 Points

Solution.
lim f (x) = L
x→a

means that given any ε > 0, one can find a δ > 0 such that if x ∈ X and 0 < ||x − a|| < ε, then
||f (x) − L|| < ε.

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4 Prove the following using ε − δ method.

10 Points
x3 + y 3
lim =0
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2

(Hint : you may use |x| ≤ ||(x, y)|| and |x3 + y 3 | ≤ 2(x2 + y 2 )3/2 .)

Solution. For any ε > 0, if 0 < ||(x, y)|| < δ = ε/2, then
 3
 x + y 3   2(x2 + y 2 )3/2 
  
p
 ≤  = 2 x2 + y 2 < ε.
 x2 + y 2   x2 + y 2 

Therefore, we are done.

5 Evaluate the following limit or explain why the following limit fails to exist.
10 Points
(x + y)2
lim
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2

Solution. The limit does not exist.

When x = y,
(x + y)2
lim = 2.
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2

But when x = 0,
(x + y)2
lim = 1.
(x,y)→(0,0) x2 + y 2

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