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Question 5.37

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3 months ago

a)

Let N0N\leq 0. Then, for any δ>0\delta>0, we have

0<x3<δf(x)=1(x3)2>0N.0<|x-3|<\delta \Rightarrow f(x)=\frac{1}{(x-3)^2}>0\geq N.

Now, let N>0N>0. Pick

δ=1N.\delta=\frac{1}{\sqrt{N}}.

This gives

0<x3<1NN<1x3N<1(x3)2.0<|x-3|<\frac{1}{\sqrt{N}} \Rightarrow \sqrt{N}<\frac{1}{|x-3|} \Rightarrow N<\frac{1}{(x-3)^2}.

b)

Suppose, by contradiction, that there is no xx such that g(x)=0g(x)=0. Suppose f(x)>εf(x)>\varepsilon for all xx for some ε>0\varepsilon>0 and

limxag(x)=0.\lim_{x\to a}g(x)=0.

Pick any NN. Pick any α>0\alpha>0 such that

εαN.\frac{\varepsilon}{\alpha}\geq N.

By definition, there exists δ>0\delta>0 such that

0<xa<δg(x)<α.0<|x-a|<\delta \Rightarrow |g(x)|<\alpha.

Then

1α<1g(x)\frac{1}{\alpha}<\frac{1}{|g(x)|}

and therefore

Nεα<εg(x)<f(x)g(x).N\leq \frac{\varepsilon}{\alpha}<\frac{\varepsilon}{|g(x)|}<\frac{f(x)}{|g(x)|}.
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