1.3 Limits that Fail to Exist  [01] - |x|/x
Channel: rootmath
Date: 2010-08-17

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Some limits don't exist.  The absolute value of x over x, |x|/x, has no limit as x approaches 0.  This is because there is a jump in the graph at zero, or a jump discontinuity.  This causes the value of the function to differ at the two sides of the jump and so the limit fails to exist.