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Example 1

Show that

f(x, y) = 2x + xy2

is continuous for all (a, b).

Let

st(x) = a and st(y) = b.

Then

st(2x + xy2) = st(2x) + st(xy2) = 2st(x) + st(x)st(y2) = 2a + ab2.


Last Update: 2006-11-15