Conceptual doubt on “Limits”

limits

Suppose I have a function say $f(x)= x^2$ . Now we know that graph is parabola, and it passes through the origin.

Now I write $x^2$ as $e^{2 ln(x)}$ . I plug in the value $0$ . I know that $ln 0$ approaches $-\infty$ . So my answer should be
$\frac{1}{e^{2\infty}} $ which is approaching zero . However in the situation above, I am getting zero.

It seems, I am having some problem in understanding the concept. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Approaching zero and zero, I guess are not same.

Best Answer

First of all, if absolute $0$ is the absolute value of $0$, then note that $\lvert0\rvert=0$. So, there is no difference between zero and absolute zero.

On the other and, if you write $x^2$ as $e^{2\ln x}$, then you have a problem: since$\ln x$ doesn't exist when $x<0$, from the fact that $\lim_{x\to0}e^{2\ln x}=0$ all you can deduce is that $\lim_{x\to0^+}x^2=0$. Of course, since $x^2$ is an even function, it follows from this that $\lim_{x\to0^-}x^2=0$ too.

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