I'm trying to prove that
f(x)={x21+sin2(1x),x≠00,x=0
is continuous at 0.
I know that I should show that
limx→0x21+sin2(1x)=0
But I don't understand what is
\lim_{x\rightarrow0}\sin^{2}\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)=?
When x goes to 0, \dfrac{1}{x} goes to infinity, but sine oscillates between -1 and 1, hence I don't know what limit would be.
Could you, please, help me?
Answer
You should apply squeeze theorem here. We have that for x\in\mathbb{R}\setminus \{0\}, -1 \le \sin\left(\frac{1}{x}\right) \le 1. So we have that 0 \le \sin^2\left(\frac{1}{x}\right) \le 1. Let's make use of this property.
0 \le \lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{x^2}{1+\sin^2\left(\frac{1}{x}\right)} \le \lim_{x\rightarrow 0} \frac{x^2}{1+0}.
Applying the limit on the right, we have that the overall limit is 0.
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