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Limits Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet on key concepts related to limits, including: 1) Common limit expressions and evaluating limits involving indeterminate forms like 0/0; 2) The definition of the existence of a limit and conditions for continuity of a function; 3) Types of discontinuities like point and jump discontinuities; 4) The Intermediate Value Theorem. It also provides links to online resources for finding limits graphically, algebraically, and applying concepts like continuity to piecewise functions.

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Limits Cheat Sheet

This document provides a cheat sheet on key concepts related to limits, including: 1) Common limit expressions and evaluating limits involving indeterminate forms like 0/0; 2) The definition of the existence of a limit and conditions for continuity of a function; 3) Types of discontinuities like point and jump discontinuities; 4) The Intermediate Value Theorem. It also provides links to online resources for finding limits graphically, algebraically, and applying concepts like continuity to piecewise functions.

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Limits - Cheat Sheet

lim
Generally, f  x   f c  . However, if it appears the limit does not exist (DNE) and the
xc
0
value is in the indeterminate form , try substituting into an equivalent expression (simplify/
0
factor/ conjugate)

lim
1 lim
1 lim
1 lim

 

0 xn  
x0 x x0 x x   xn x

Existence of a Limit: Let f be a function and let c and L be real number

lim lim lim


f x   L  f x   L  f x 
xc x  c x  c

(left-sided limit = right-sided limit)

Continuity: A function f is continuous at x = c if:

lim lim
A) f (x) is defined at x = c B) f  x  exists C) f  x   f c 
xc xc

Three types of discontinuities: point discontinuities ( a “hole” – this is removable),


jump discontinuities (differing behavior on left/right), vertical asymptotes (both non-removable)

Intermediate Value Theorem: If f is continuous on the closed interval [a, b] then for any
number k between f (a) and f (b), there exists c  [a, b] with f (c) = k. (This means f takes on
EVERY value between f (a) and f (b) ).
Limits - Cheat Sheet

Finding limits graphically

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-ab/ab-limits-continuity#ab-limits-graphically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55Udw8r3Txw

https://calcworkshop.com/limits/finding-limits-graphically/

http://calculus.flippedmath.com/11-limits-graphically.html

Finding limits analytically/algebraically

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hewJikMkYFc

http://calculus.flippedmath.com/12-limits-analytically.html

Solving continuity of piecewise functions

http://www.sosmath.com/calculus/limcon/limcon05/limcon05.html#answer1

https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~kouba/CalcOneDIRECTORY/continuitydirectory/Continuity.html

Intermediate Value Theorem

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-ab/ab-existence-theorems/ab-ivt-evt/a/intermediate-
value-theorem-review

https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/intermediate-value-theorem.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9QRNbJLs94

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBWnrApb9HE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpug_8nTqyw

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