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3 months ago

In the forward direction, suppose

limx0+f(1x)=l.\lim_{x\to 0^+}f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=l.

Pick any ε>0\varepsilon>0. By definition, there exists δ>0\delta>0 such that, for all xx,

0<x<δf(1x)l<ε.0<x<\delta \Rightarrow \left|f\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)-l\right|<\varepsilon.

Let z=1/xz=1/x. This gives

0<1δ<x0<z<δf(z)l=f(x)l<ε.0<\frac{1}{\delta}<x \Longleftrightarrow 0<z<\delta \Rightarrow |f(z)-l|=|f(x)-l|<\varepsilon.

In the reverse direction ()(\Leftarrow), suppose

limxf(x)=l.\lim_{x\to\infty}f(x)=l.

Pick any ε>0\varepsilon>0. By definition, this means that there exists a δ>0\delta>0 such that, for all xx,

x>δ>0f(x)l<ε.x>\delta>0 \Rightarrow |f(x)-l|<\varepsilon.

Let z=1/xz=1/x. Then,

1δ>x>0z>δ>0f(z)l<ε,\frac{1}{\delta}>x>0 \Longleftrightarrow z>\delta>0 \Rightarrow |f(z)-l|<\varepsilon,

which implies that

limz0+f(z)=l.\lim_{z\to 0^+}f(z)=l.
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