Quick Recap — Evaluating Limits & One-sided Limits

  • 00\tfrac00 forms: factor and cancel, or rationalise, or use standard limits/expansions.
  • xx\to\infty rational functions: compare the degrees of numerator and denominator.
  • Left/right limits: limxa\displaystyle\lim_{x\to a^-} and limxa+\displaystyle\lim_{x\to a^+}; a jump discontinuity has unequal one-sided limits.
  • Sandwich (squeeze) theorem: if gfhg\le f\le h and g,hLg,h\to L, then fLf\to L.