Nonexistence of limits Use the Two-Path Test

Chapter 9, Problem 29E

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Nonexistence of limits  Use the Two-Path Test to prove that the following limits do not exist.

\(\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{y^{3}+x^{3}}{x y^{2}}\)

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QUESTION:

Nonexistence of limits  Use the Two-Path Test to prove that the following limits do not exist.

\(\lim _{(x, y) \rightarrow(0,0)} \frac{y^{3}+x^{3}}{x y^{2}}\)

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The limit is .

The objective is to use two path test to prove that limit does not exist.

The domain of the function is, therefore the limit is at a boundary point outside the domain.

Suppose approach along the curve  for a fixed constant.

 

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