Chapter 3: Functions of Several Variables
Section 3.2: Limits and Continuity
Example 3.2.24
Extend f=x2⁢y⁢cos⁡x⁢yx2+y2 to a function gx,y that is continuous at the origin.
Solution
The requisite extension assigns to the origin the value of the bivariate limit of f at the origin. Hence, what is required is to show that this limit is zero, a computation summarized below.
fx,y
=x2⁢y⁢cos⁡x⁢yx2+y2
≤x2 yx2+y2
cosθ≤1
=x2 yx2+y2
≤x2x2+y2x2+y2
Inequality 5
Table 3.2.1
≤x2+y2x2+y2x2+y2
Inequality 6
=x2+y2
Since f−0≤x2+y2, it is clear that f−0→0 as x,y→0,0. Hence, the required extension is
gx,y={fx,yx,y≠0,00x,y=0,0
Indeed, limitx2⁢y⁢cos⁡x⁢yx2+y2,x=0,y=0 = 0.
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