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Find the pointwise limit function of:
$$f_n(x)=begin{cases}
0 & |x|> 1/n \
nx+1 & x in [-1/n, 0) \
1-nx & x in [0, 1/n]
end{cases} $$




I think that in the limit, if we fix a certain $x$, we get that:



$$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
0 & |x|> 0 \
infty & x in [0, 0) \
-infty & x in [0, 0]
end{cases} $$

Where the second line is an empty statement, we rewrite this to:
$$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
0 & |x|> 0 \
-infty & x =0
end{cases} $$

Did I do this correctly? I'm not sure what the formal argument should be to get rid of the half-open interval $[0,0)$










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    Find the pointwise limit function of:
    $$f_n(x)=begin{cases}
    0 & |x|> 1/n \
    nx+1 & x in [-1/n, 0) \
    1-nx & x in [0, 1/n]
    end{cases} $$




    I think that in the limit, if we fix a certain $x$, we get that:



    $$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
    0 & |x|> 0 \
    infty & x in [0, 0) \
    -infty & x in [0, 0]
    end{cases} $$

    Where the second line is an empty statement, we rewrite this to:
    $$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
    0 & |x|> 0 \
    -infty & x =0
    end{cases} $$

    Did I do this correctly? I'm not sure what the formal argument should be to get rid of the half-open interval $[0,0)$










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      Find the pointwise limit function of:
      $$f_n(x)=begin{cases}
      0 & |x|> 1/n \
      nx+1 & x in [-1/n, 0) \
      1-nx & x in [0, 1/n]
      end{cases} $$




      I think that in the limit, if we fix a certain $x$, we get that:



      $$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
      0 & |x|> 0 \
      infty & x in [0, 0) \
      -infty & x in [0, 0]
      end{cases} $$

      Where the second line is an empty statement, we rewrite this to:
      $$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
      0 & |x|> 0 \
      -infty & x =0
      end{cases} $$

      Did I do this correctly? I'm not sure what the formal argument should be to get rid of the half-open interval $[0,0)$










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      Find the pointwise limit function of:
      $$f_n(x)=begin{cases}
      0 & |x|> 1/n \
      nx+1 & x in [-1/n, 0) \
      1-nx & x in [0, 1/n]
      end{cases} $$




      I think that in the limit, if we fix a certain $x$, we get that:



      $$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
      0 & |x|> 0 \
      infty & x in [0, 0) \
      -infty & x in [0, 0]
      end{cases} $$

      Where the second line is an empty statement, we rewrite this to:
      $$lim _{n to infty} f_n(x)=begin{cases}
      0 & |x|> 0 \
      -infty & x =0
      end{cases} $$

      Did I do this correctly? I'm not sure what the formal argument should be to get rid of the half-open interval $[0,0)$







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          Your answer is not correct. If $x=0$ then $f_n(x)=1$ for all $n$ and the limit is $1$. If $x neq 0$ then $f_n(x)=0$ for all $n$ sufficiently large so the limit is $0$.






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            yes that makes sense
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          Consider $xneq 0$. Then there is an $n_0$ such that $|x|>1/n hspace{0.3cm}forall ngeq n_0 $: thus $f_n(x)=0$ definitively, and the pointwise limit is 0.



          You are left only with $x=0$, but $f_n(0)=1 hspace{0.2cm}forall n$.






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            Your notations are odd. The conclusion that the limit be zero if $x$ is nonzero is correct. (But why would you write $|x|>0$ instead of $xneq 0$?)
            But at zero, the limit is $1$. Just check that all functions have value $1$ at zero.






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              Your answer is not correct. If $x=0$ then $f_n(x)=1$ for all $n$ and the limit is $1$. If $x neq 0$ then $f_n(x)=0$ for all $n$ sufficiently large so the limit is $0$.






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                yes that makes sense
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              Your answer is not correct. If $x=0$ then $f_n(x)=1$ for all $n$ and the limit is $1$. If $x neq 0$ then $f_n(x)=0$ for all $n$ sufficiently large so the limit is $0$.






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                yes that makes sense
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              Your answer is not correct. If $x=0$ then $f_n(x)=1$ for all $n$ and the limit is $1$. If $x neq 0$ then $f_n(x)=0$ for all $n$ sufficiently large so the limit is $0$.






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              Your answer is not correct. If $x=0$ then $f_n(x)=1$ for all $n$ and the limit is $1$. If $x neq 0$ then $f_n(x)=0$ for all $n$ sufficiently large so the limit is $0$.







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              answered Jan 7 at 12:32









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              Consider $xneq 0$. Then there is an $n_0$ such that $|x|>1/n hspace{0.3cm}forall ngeq n_0 $: thus $f_n(x)=0$ definitively, and the pointwise limit is 0.



              You are left only with $x=0$, but $f_n(0)=1 hspace{0.2cm}forall n$.






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                Consider $xneq 0$. Then there is an $n_0$ such that $|x|>1/n hspace{0.3cm}forall ngeq n_0 $: thus $f_n(x)=0$ definitively, and the pointwise limit is 0.



                You are left only with $x=0$, but $f_n(0)=1 hspace{0.2cm}forall n$.






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                  Consider $xneq 0$. Then there is an $n_0$ such that $|x|>1/n hspace{0.3cm}forall ngeq n_0 $: thus $f_n(x)=0$ definitively, and the pointwise limit is 0.



                  You are left only with $x=0$, but $f_n(0)=1 hspace{0.2cm}forall n$.






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                  Consider $xneq 0$. Then there is an $n_0$ such that $|x|>1/n hspace{0.3cm}forall ngeq n_0 $: thus $f_n(x)=0$ definitively, and the pointwise limit is 0.



                  You are left only with $x=0$, but $f_n(0)=1 hspace{0.2cm}forall n$.







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                      Your notations are odd. The conclusion that the limit be zero if $x$ is nonzero is correct. (But why would you write $|x|>0$ instead of $xneq 0$?)
                      But at zero, the limit is $1$. Just check that all functions have value $1$ at zero.






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                        Your notations are odd. The conclusion that the limit be zero if $x$ is nonzero is correct. (But why would you write $|x|>0$ instead of $xneq 0$?)
                        But at zero, the limit is $1$. Just check that all functions have value $1$ at zero.






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                          Your notations are odd. The conclusion that the limit be zero if $x$ is nonzero is correct. (But why would you write $|x|>0$ instead of $xneq 0$?)
                          But at zero, the limit is $1$. Just check that all functions have value $1$ at zero.






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                          Your notations are odd. The conclusion that the limit be zero if $x$ is nonzero is correct. (But why would you write $|x|>0$ instead of $xneq 0$?)
                          But at zero, the limit is $1$. Just check that all functions have value $1$ at zero.







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