SOLUTION: True or False, if False provide a counterexample: For functions a & b defined on the entire real line, if both a and b are not bounded on R (Real), then the limit to infinity of th

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Question 1180227: True or False, if False provide a counterexample: For functions a & b defined on the entire real line, if both a and b are not bounded on R (Real), then the limit to infinity of the product of a and b cannot exist.
Answer by ikleyn(52794)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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True or False, if False provide a counterexample:
For functions a & b defined on the entire real line, if both a and b are not bounded on R (Real),
then the limit to infinity of the product of a and b cannot exist.
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F A L S E.



                 Counter-example:



Let  a(x) =  at x =/= 0  and  a(0) = 0  

            (not bounded and not continuous function on R,
             but defined over entire R).



Let  b(x) =  at x =/= 1  and  b(1) = 0  

            (not bounded and not continuous function on R
             but defined over entire R).




The limit of  a(x)*b(x)  at x -->  -oo  does exist and is equal to 0 (zero).


The limit of  a(x)*b(x)  at x -->  oo  does exist and is equal to 0 (zero).

Solved,  answered and explained.


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Probably,  the answer would be different,  had the problem require functions  a(x)  and  b(x)  be continuous;

but in the given post,  there is  NO  such a requirement,  so I used this fact and constructed counter-example with
discontinuous functions.



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