Suppose for contradiction that, for a=0,
x→alimf(x)=l.Let
ε=min(∣l−a∣,∣l+a∣).By definition, there exists δ such that
0<∣x−a∣<δ⇒∣f(x)−l∣<ε=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 l.