One Sided limits


Limits




One Sided limits


One sided limit has two different kind, lift-hand limit (limit from left side) and right-hand limit (limit from right side).


1 Left Hand limit : x approaches a form the left or from values less than a.

2 Right Hand limit : x approaches a from the right or from values greater than a.





Example of One Side limits

find the one_sided limits of f(x) = [x^2-1, x≥0], [-x+1, x<1=0] as approaches 0.


The graph above, we can determine lim_(x->0^-1) f(x)=1 and lim_(x->0^+) f(x)=-1

This also can be determined algebraically lim_(x->0^->1) (-x+1) = 0+1 = 1 and lim_(x->0^+) (x^2-1) = 0^2 -1 = -1


Lim_(x -> 0) f(x) exist if and only if lim_(x->0^-) f(x) = lim_(x->0^+) f(x)

--> We will know more about existence of limit in subsequent section.






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