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Pharos University in Alexandria

Faculty of Engineering 2024-2025


Department of Basic Sciences

EBS 101 (Engineering Mathematics 1)

MATLAB _ Session 9_ Evaluating Limits

MATLAB Uses the Symbolic Math Toolbox software to evaluate the limits of functions directly.

The options of the corresponding syntax are shown in the following table, where f is a function of the
symbolic object x (in terms of the variable x).

Example 1:

Evaluate:
𝑥
a. lim
0 𝑥 2 +5𝑥

Solution: Note that the default case, limit(f) is the same as limit(f,x,0).

MATLAB commands Output In Command Window


syms x
limit(x/(x^2+5*x)) ans = 1/5

limit(x/(x^2+5*x),x,0) ans = 1/5

2−√𝑡 2 +3
b. lim
𝑡→−1 𝑡+1

Solution:

Syms t should be used first to define or construct the symbolic variable t

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Faculty of Engineering 2024-2025
Department of Basic Sciences

MATLAB commands Output In Command Window


syms t
limit((2-sqrt(t^2+3))/(t+1),t,-1) ans = 1/2

𝑥
c.lim
∞ 2𝑥−3

Solution:

MATLAB uses symbol inf to represent infinity .Calculations like n/0, where n is any nonzero real value,
result in inf.

MATLAB commands Output In Command Window


syms x
limit(x/(2*x-3),x,inf) ans = 1/2

limit(x/(2*x-3),inf) ans = 1/2

One-Sided Limits

Example (2): Plot the graph and evaluate the limit of x/|x|, as x approaches 0 from
the left and from the right.

Solution:

MATLAB commands Output Figure


fplot(@(x)x/abs(x))

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Faculty of Engineering 2024-2025
Department of Basic Sciences

➱Hint: abs(x) is the absolute value of the elements of x.

To calculate the limit as x approaches 0 from the left;

MATLAB commands Output In Command Window


syms x
limit(x/abs(x), x, 0, 'left') ans = -1

To calculate the limit as x approaches 0 from the right;

MATLAB commands Output In Command Window


syms x
limit(x/abs(x), x, 0, 'right') ans = 1

Since the limit from the left does not equal the limit from the right, the two- sided limit does not exist. In
the case of undefined limits, MATLAB returns NaN (not a number).

MATLAB commands Output In Command Window


syms x
limit(x/abs(x), x, 0) ans = NaN

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