Limits and continuity are the first real calculus gateway on the GRE Mathematics Subject Test. The job is to separate value-at-a-point from nearby behavior, recognize when direct substitution fails, and simplify or reason from one-sided behavior instead of stopping at 0/0.
Limits and continuity are the first real calculus gateway on the GRE Mathematics Subject Test. The job is to separate value-at-a-point from nearby behavior, recognize when direct substitution fails, and simplify or reason from one-sided behavior instead of stopping at 0/0.
Limits are the first calculus gateway and one of the most important conceptual bridges in the whole graph.
Ask whether direct substitution is actually allowed before using it.
Evaluate $$\lim_{x\to 3} \frac{x^2-9}{x-3}$$.
Long route
Factor $$x^2-9=(x-3)(x+3)$$, cancel the common factor away from $$x=3$$, and then take the limit of $$x+3$$ at $$x=3$$ to get $$6$$.
Fast route
Difference of squares, cancel $$x-3$$, then substitute into $$x+3$$.
Before limits and continuity, steady Graph families, asymptotics, and behavior, Trigonometric fundamentals and identities so this topic does not turn into algebra or setup cleanup.
Limits are the first calculus gateway and one of the most important conceptual bridges in the whole graph.
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