Chapter 1. Limits and Continuity: Academic Year 2018 - 2019
Chapter 1. Limits and Continuity: Academic Year 2018 - 2019
Chapter 1. Limits and Continuity: Academic Year 2018 - 2019
Infinitesimals, infinites
Academic year 2018 - 2019 1. Compare the following infinitesimals
√ √
(a) f (x) = 1 + x − 1 − x and g(x) = x2 as x → 0.
πx
Chapter 1. Limits and continuity (b) f (x) = x − 1 and g(x) = cot as x → 1.
2
(c) f (x) = 1 − cos2 x and g(x) = ln(1 + xx)
Problem 1. Compute the following limits
as x → 0.
√ √ √
1. lim ( x2 + 2x + 5 − x) (d) f (x) = 1 + x − 1 − x and g(x) = sin x as x → 0.
x→+∞
2 1 1
√ √ (e) f (x) = cos − cos and g(x) = as x → ∞.
2. lim ( x2 − 5x − 1 − x2 + 3x + 3) x x x
x→−∞
2. Compare the two infinites f (x) = ex + e−x , g(x) = ex −
√ √
cos x − cos x 3
e−x as
3. lim
x→0 sin2 x
(a) x → +∞.
3 2 (b) x → −∞.
4. lim √ − √
x→1 1− x 1− 3x
Problem 3. Check the continuity of the following
1 1 1
5. lim
x→0 x x − 1
+
x+1
functions
2x
√
for x 6= 0
1. f (x) = e2x − e−x
p
x+ x
6. lim √ a for x = 0
x→+∞ x+1
2
1
x − 1
for x 6= 1
7. lim x2 1 − cos 2. f (x) = x−1
x→∞ x
a for x = 1
√
1 + 2x2 − cos x arctan 1 for x 6= 0
8. lim
x→0 x2 3. f (x) = |x|
√ √ a for x = 0
5 − 4 + cos x
9. lim ( π
x→0 x2 (x2 − 1) sin for x 6= 1
4. f (x) = x−1
2 x − x2 a for x = 1
10. lim √
x→2 x − 2
3 1 + 2x − 1
for x > 0
3 5. f (x) = x
ex − 1 + x2 2
11. lim a+x for x ≤ 0
x→0 x tan x
(
πx x ln x for x > 0
12. lim (1 − x) tan 6. f (x) =
x→1 2 a for x ≤ 0
3x + 1 4x √
13. lim 1 − cos x
3x + 2 for x > 0
x→∞ 7. f (x) = x
a for x ≤ 0
3x2 + 1 2x2 +x
14. lim
1 − esin x
x→∞ 3x2 + 5 for x > π
8. f (x) = x−π
2x2 + 1 x2
a + x2 for x ≤ π
15. lim
x→∞ 2x2 − 5
x + 2 3x Chapter 2. Derivatives and differentia-
16. lim
x→∞ x+1 tion
17. lim (1 + sin πx)cotπx
x→1 Problem 1. Calculate the derivatives
18. lim (1 − 2x2 )cot
2
x 1. Calculate the derivatives of following functions:
x→0
(a) y(x) = |(x − 1)2 (x + 1)|.
p
x
√
19. lim cos x (b) y(x) = |π 2 − x2 | sin2 x.
x→0+
1
(
arctan x for x ≥ 0 Problem 3. Estimate
(c) f (x) =
x2 + x for x < 0 1. A =
p
(2, 037)2 + 5
(
x2 − 2x for x < 2 2. C = sin 29o
(d) f (x) =
2x − 4 for x ≥ 2 1
3. D = √
4
0, 983
2. Calculate y 0 (0) by definition for
4. F = e−0.03
y = x(x − 1)(x − 2)...(x − 2016)(x − 2017)
x
Problem 4. Higher order derivatives
0 0
for x 6= 0
3. Calculate f+ (0), f− (0) for f (x) = 1 + e1/x 1. Calculate the n-th order derivatives of following functions
0 for x = 0
x−1
(a) f (x) = .
0 00
4. Calculate y (x), y (x) for the following parametric func- x2
+ 5x + 6
tions 12x + 7
(b) f (x) = 2 .
( 6x + 7x + 2
x = a cos3 t 1+x
(a) (c) f (x) = .
y = a sin3 t 1−x
√
(d) f (x) = ln 3 1 − 4x.
(
x = a(t − sin t)
(b) (e) f (x) = cos4 x + sin4 x.
y = a(1 − cos t)
( (f) f (x) = e2x (x2 + 3x + 5).
x = 2et cos t
(c) (g) f (x) = x3 sin x.
y = 3et sin t
( 2. Given f (x) = ln(1 − 3x). Compute f (n) (0).
x = t + et
(d) x4
y = t2 + 2t3 3. Given y = . Compute d4 y.
2−x
Problem 2. Check the differentiability Problem 6. Using L’Hospital’s rule, compute the
1. y = (x + 2)|x − 1|. following limits
√ ln(1 + x) − x
√x − 1 for x > 1 1. lim
2. f (x) = x−1
x→0 x2
sin(x − 1) for x ≤ 1 ex − 1 − x
2. lim
( x→0 x. sin x
1 − cos x for x ≤ 0 4 arctan(1 + x) − π
3. f (x) = 3. lim
ln(1 + x) for x > 0 x→0 x
arctan x − x
x − 1 (x + 1)2 for x ≥ 1 4. lim
4. f (x) = 4 x→0 x3
x − 1 for x < 1 ln3 x
5. lim
x→+∞ x
5. Check the differentiability at x = 1 of following function
sin x 1/x2
6. lim
x2 e1−x2 for x ≤ 1 x→0 x
y(x) = 1
for x > 1
x π x
7. lim x − arctan
x→+∞ 4 x+1
6. Check the differentiability at x = 0 of following functions 8. lim (sin x)tan 2x
( x→0+
x2 for x ≤ 0 9. lim x(π − 2 arctan x)
(a) f (x) = x→+∞
ln(1 + x) − x for x > 0
x √ x − sin x
e − 1 + x 10. lim √
for x 6= 0 x→0 1 + 2x − ex
(b) f (x) = x
0 for x = 0
11. lim x2 ln x
x→0+
x2 arctan 1 for x 6= 0
(c) f (x) = x x2
0 for x = 0 12. lim √
5
x→0 1 + 5x − (1 + x)
2
x2017 +∞
Z
13. lim x. arctan x
x→+∞ ex 14. p dx
sin x (1 + x2 )3
0
1
14. lim
x→0 x2 Z1
dx
15. √
1 1 (2 − x) 1 − x
15. lim − 0
x→0 x2 sin2 x
+∞ Z1
Z √ dx
11. √
11. e− x dx tan x
0
0
+∞ Z1
Z
x3 sin x
12. dx 12. √ dx
ex2 1 − x2
1 0
+∞
Z Z1 √
sin x
13. x2 e−x dx 13. √ dx
1 + x − ex
0 0
3
Z1 √ (b) One arch of the cycloid
x
14. dx
esin x − 1 (
0 x = a(t − sin t)
(0 ≤ t ≤ 2π)
y = a(1 − cos t)
Z1
dx
15. √
4 x−1 and x-axis.
e
0
(c) x2/3 + y 2/3 = a2/3 , a > 0.
Z1 (d) r = a(1 + cos ϕ); 0 ≤ ϕ ≤ 2π, a > 0.
xdx
16.
tan x − sin x (e) y = x2 , y = 4x2 , y = 4.
0
(f) (x2 + y 2 )2 = a2 (x2 − y 2 ).
Z3 √
dx (g) y = − 4 − x2 and x2 + 3y = 0.
17.
(h) y = |x2 − 1|, y = |x| + 5.
p
|4 − x2 |
0
3. Compute the volume of 3D solids when rotating the plane
Z1
arctan x shapes restricted by
18. √ dx
1 − x2 (a) y = 2x − x2 , y = 0 around x-axis.
0
Z1
ln(1 + x2 )
21. dx
x − sin x
0
Z1 √
sin x
22. √
3 dx
e x2 −1
0
Zπ/2
dx
23. √
cos x
0
Z1
1 − cos x
24. dx; α > 2.
xα
0
Z1 √
ln(1 + x)
25. dx
esin x − 1
0