\begin{frame} \frametitle{Precise Definition of Limits: Example} \begin{exampleblock}{} \vspace{-1ex} \begin{talign} f(x) = \begin{cases} 2x - 1 &\text{for $x \ne 3$}\\ 6 &\text{for $x = 3$} \end{cases} \end{talign} Similarly, we find \begin{talign} |f(x) - 5| < \structure{0.1} \quad&\text{ whenever }\quad 0 < |x-3| < \alt<-2>{0.05}{\alert<-5>{\delta(0.1)}}\\ |f(x) - 5| < \structure{0.01} \quad&\text{ whenever }\quad 0 < |x-3| < \alt<-3>{0.005}{\alert<-5>{\delta(0.01)}}\\ \hphantom{1.1cm}|f(x) - 5| < \structure{0.001} \quad&\text{ whenever }\quad 0 < |x-3| < \alt<-4>{0.0005}{\alert<-5>{\delta(0.001)}}\hphantom{2cm} \end{talign} \pause The distances \structure{$0.1$},\; \structure{$0.01$}, \structure{\ldots} are called \emph{error tolerance}. \pause\medskip We have: \alert<-5>{$\delta(0.1) = 0.05$}\pause,\; \alert<-5>{$\delta(0.01) = 0.005$}\pause,\; \alert<-5>{$\delta(0.001) = 0.0005$} \pause\medskip Thus \alert{\emph{$\boldsymbol{\delta(\epsilon)}$ is a function of the error tolerance $\boldsymbol{\epsilon}$}}! \pause\bigskip We need to define $\delta(\epsilon)$ for arbitrary error tolerance $\epsilon > 0$: \begin{talign} |f(x) - 5| < \epsilon \quad&\text{ whenever }\quad 0 < |x-3| < \delta(\epsilon) \end{talign}\pause We want $|f(x) - 5| = 2|x-3| < \epsilon$. \pause We define \alert{$\delta(\epsilon) = \pause\epsilon/2$}. \end{exampleblock} \vspace{10cm} \end{frame}