Author:
OER Librarian
Subject:
Calculus
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
Ohio Open Ed Collaborative
Tags:
  • Cac077
  • Form of a Limit
  • Indeterminate Forms
  • License:
    Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
    Language:
    English
    Media Formats:
    eBook, Interactive

    (In)determinate forms modules

    Overview

    After completing this section, students should be able to do the following.

    • Understand what is meant by the form of a limit.
    • Calculate limits of the form zero over zero.
    • Calculate limits of the form nonzero number over zero.
    • Identify determinate and indeterminate forms.
    • Distinguish between determinate and indeterminate forms.
    • Discuss why infinity is not a number.

    Could it be anything?

    Ximera Module

    Two young mathematicians investigate the arithmetic of large and small numbers.

    Limits of the form zero over zero

    Ximera Module

    We want to evaluate limits for which the Limit Laws do not apply.

    Limits of the form nonzero over zero

    Ximera Module

    What can be said about limits that have the form nonzero over zero?