TITLE: Computing a Limit # !b2 Problem: Find the following limit, assuming that it exists. > ; 2 2 x y lim ------- x, y -> (0, 0) 2 2 x + y # !b3 Solution: If the limit exists then the function approaches the same value along any path to (0,0). In particular if we take y=x we obtain, > Limit(`x^2*x^2`/`(x^2+x^2)`,x=0) = Limit(x^2*x^2/(x^2+x^2),x=0); x^2*x^2 2 lim --------- = lim 1/2 x = 0 x -> 0 (x^2+x^2) x -> 0 >