Re: How to prove that lim(1/x)=1/c(c is not equal to 0) when x->c?

From: Zdislav V. Kovarik (kovarik_at_mcmaster.ca)
Date: 03/29/05


Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:08:21 -0500


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005, iherage wrote:

> How can I prove that lim(1/x)=1/c(c is not equal 0) when x->c
> by espilon-delta defination?

Set delta = epsilon * c^2 / (1 + epsilon * abs(c))

and explain it to the instructor.

Or: Do some reverse engineering to discover how this delta was
constructed.

Cheers, ZVK(Slavek).