The Squeeze Theorem: Statement and Example
The Squeeze Theorem: Statement and Example
1 The Statement
First, we recall the following "obvious" fact that limits preserve inequalities. Lemma 1.1. Suppose we have an inequality of functions
in an interval around c. Then
g(x) f (x) h(x)
provided those limits exist.
lim g(x) lim f (x) lim h(x)
xc
xc
xc
When the limits on the upper bound and lower bound are the same, then the function in the middle is "squeezed" into having the same limit. See page 61 in the text for more details.
Theorem 1.2 (The Squeeze Theorem). Suppose we have an inequality of functions
in a interval around c and that
g(x) f (x) h(x)
Then
lim g(x) = L = lim h(x).
xc
xc
lim f (x) = L.
xc
1
2 The Example
Our goal here is to show that
sin(x)
lim
= 1.
x0 x
To do this, we'll use the Squeeze theorem by establishing upper and lower bounds on sin(x) x in an interval around 0. Specifically, we'll show that
cos(x) sin(x) 1 x
in an interval around 0. We can already see why this should be the case by the following graph.
y = cos(x)
y = sin(x) x
2
y=1
Note the symmetry in the graph: all of these functions are even functions (i.e., symmetric about the y-axis). Thus it suffices to establish these bounds on the interval (0, 2). With that said, let x be an acute angle and consider the following diagram on the unit circle where the angle KOH is the angle x.
We have
area of triangle KOA area of sector KOA area of triangle LOA
sin(x)
x
tan(x)
2
2
2
Hence multiplying through by 2 sin(x) > 0 gives
so taking reciprocals yields as needed.
x
1
1
,
sin(x) cos(x)
cos(x) sin(x) 1, x
3
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