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Question 5.20

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3 months ago

Suppose for contradiction that, for a0a\neq 0,

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

Let

ε=min(la,l+a).\varepsilon=\min(|l-a|,|l+a|).

By definition, there exists δ\delta such that

0<xa<δf(x)l<ε=min(la,l+a).0<|x-a|<\delta \Rightarrow |f(x)-l|<\varepsilon=\min(|l-a|,|l+a|).

Again, because both rationals and irrationals are dense in the reals, the implied inequality does not hold for any value of ll.

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