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Question 5.13

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3 months ago

Suppose that f(x)g(x)h(x)f(x) \le g(x) \le h(x) and that

limxaf(x)=limxah(x)=l.\lim_{x \to a} f(x) = \lim_{x \to a} h(x) = l.

By definition, there exist δ1\delta_1 and δ2\delta_2 such that

0<xa<δ1    f(x)l<ϵ,0<|x-a|<\delta_1 \implies |f(x)-l|<\epsilon,0<xa<δ2    h(x)l<ϵ.0<|x-a|<\delta_2 \implies |h(x)-l|<\epsilon.

Let δ=min(δ1,δ2)\delta = \min(\delta_1,\delta_2). We have

0<xa<δ    ϵ+l<f(x)<ϵ+l,0<|x-a|<\delta \implies -\epsilon+l < f(x) < \epsilon+l,ϵ+l<h(x)<ϵ+l.-\epsilon+l < h(x) < \epsilon+l.

But f(x)g(x)h(x)f(x) \le g(x) \le h(x) must also apply when 0<xa<δ0<|x-a|<\delta. Hence,

ϵ+l<f(x)g(x)h(x)<ϵ+l-\epsilon+l < f(x) \le g(x) \le h(x) < \epsilon+l

holds, and limxag(x)\lim_{x \to a} g(x) exists and is ll.

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