Re: Limit exist of not for this function



In article <1183635760.255634.155850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
wileyregister1@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

f(x,y) = (x^3)*y/(x^5 + y^2)

as (x,y) --> (0,0)

I think the limit is zero but could not prove it.

f is not defined on the curve x^5 + y^2 = 0, so in what sense is the
limit taken? You can exclude this curve from the domain of f, but f
still blows up near each point of it. As f = 0 on the axes, there's no
hope for a limit, finite or infinite.
.



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