Evaluating \(\displaystyle\lim_{{{x}\to{0}}}{\frac{{{\cos{{\left({a}{x}\right)}}}-{\cos{{\left({b}{x}\right)}}}}}{{{{\sin}^{{2}}{\left({x}\right)}}}}}\)

Kendall Daniels

Kendall Daniels

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2022-04-03

Evaluating limx0cos(ax)cos(bx)sin2(x)

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pautmndu

pautmndu

Beginner2022-04-04Added 10 answers

The identity given in your question is useful for evaluating the limit: as x0 we have
cos(ax)cos(bx)sin2(x)=2sin(axbx)2xsin(ax+bx)2xsinxxsinxx2ab2a+b211=b2a22
where we used the fact that for any real α,
limx0sin(αx)x=αlimx0sin(αx)(αx)=α1=α.

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