CHAPTER 1

Limits & Continuity

Lecturer: Dr. Rama Yusvana

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Understand the concept of (and notation for) a limit of a rational
function at a point in its domain, and understand that “limits are
local.”
• Evaluate ‘Limits’
• Distinguish between one-sided (left-hand or right-hand) limits and
two-sided limits, and what it means if the limit exists.
• Use numerical / tabular methods to guess at limit values
• Distinguish between limit values and function values at a point.
• Evaluate some limits involving piecewise-defined functions
1.1. Concept of Limits
The Limit of a Function
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Ex. 2
Ex. 3
Ex. 4
1.2. Limits
at a point

Properties of limits
 1.3. Continuity at a point

Two (2) type of Discontinuity: 1. Jump Discontinuity 2. Removable Discontinuity