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I'm trying to understand how the sandwich/ squeeze theorem establishes that the limit of sin theta as theta approaches 0 is 0 and how the limit of cos theta as as theta approaches 0 is 1.



Mainly, i'm trying to understand this logic, rather than trying to answer an assignment question.






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    Are you already equipped with the series representation of $sin theta$ and $cos theta$ and their approximation by Taylor polynomials? Because first you need an appropriate approximation of these functions near $0$ and then we could check how the sandwich trick works.
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I'm trying to understand how the sandwich/ squeeze theorem establishes that the limit of sin theta as theta approaches 0 is 0 and how the limit of cos theta as as theta approaches 0 is 1.



Mainly, i'm trying to understand this logic, rather than trying to answer an assignment question.






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    Are you already equipped with the series representation of $sin theta$ and $cos theta$ and their approximation by Taylor polynomials? Because first you need an appropriate approximation of these functions near $0$ and then we could check how the sandwich trick works.
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I'm trying to understand how the sandwich/ squeeze theorem establishes that the limit of sin theta as theta approaches 0 is 0 and how the limit of cos theta as as theta approaches 0 is 1.



Mainly, i'm trying to understand this logic, rather than trying to answer an assignment question.






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I'm trying to understand how the sandwich/ squeeze theorem establishes that the limit of sin theta as theta approaches 0 is 0 and how the limit of cos theta as as theta approaches 0 is 1.



Mainly, i'm trying to understand this logic, rather than trying to answer an assignment question.






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    Are you already equipped with the series representation of $sin theta$ and $cos theta$ and their approximation by Taylor polynomials? Because first you need an appropriate approximation of these functions near $0$ and then we could check how the sandwich trick works.
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    Are you already equipped with the series representation of $sin theta$ and $cos theta$ and their approximation by Taylor polynomials? Because first you need an appropriate approximation of these functions near $0$ and then we could check how the sandwich trick works.
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Are you already equipped with the series representation of $sin theta$ and $cos theta$ and their approximation by Taylor polynomials? Because first you need an appropriate approximation of these functions near $0$ and then we could check how the sandwich trick works.
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The idea behind sandwich/squeeze theorem is intuitive enough. If values of a function $f$ are lying (sandwiched) between those of $g, h$ and values of $g, h$ tend to a common limit then that of $f$ also tend to the same limit.



We have the fundamental inequality $|sin x|leq |x|$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ which is the same as $$-|x|leq sin xleq |x|$$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ and since both $-|x|$ and $|x|$ tend to $0$ as $xto 0$ it follows that $lim_{xto 0}sin x=0$.



For $cos x$ the situation is tricky and we need to use a bit of trigonometry. We have $$cos x=1-2sin^2(x/2)$$ and noting the earlier inequality for $sin $ we get $$1-frac{x^2}{2}leq cos xleq 1$$ And by squeeze we get $lim_{xto 0}cos x=1$.






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    I try to explain the logic by solving the exercize. First of all, this result is also known as the two policemen theorem because if two policemen are escorting a person between them, and both officers go to a cell, then the prisoner must also end up in the cell. This summarizes the main idea of the theorem.



    Now, we know that when $x$ is sufficiently near to $0$ (i.e. the functions must be defined in a neighbourhood of such a point), $-xle sin xle x$ and this holds for any $x$ sufficiently small. Since limits preserve the linear order, we have that if limit of $sin x$ exists, then $$lim_{xrightarrow0} -xle lim_{xrightarrow0} sin x le lim_{xrightarrow0} x.$$
    But the first and the last limits are $0$, hence limit of $sin x$ exists and is $0$ because this function is eventually bounded both from above and below by functions converging to the same limit, so $sin x$ can't go away.



    Edit: generally speaking, you need two functions/policemen who bound the function of which you want to compute the limit, from above and below respectively, in a neighbourhood of the limit point and they must have the same limit at that point.






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      Strictly speaking, the officers don't actually have to enter the cell, they just have to approach arbitrarily close to it, and then the prisoner must also approach arbitrarily close to it. :-)
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      There are some inaccuracies in this answer. The inequalities $-x leq sin , xleq x$ can hold only for $x geq 0$ so one can only take right hand limits.
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    $begingroup$

    The idea behind sandwich/squeeze theorem is intuitive enough. If values of a function $f$ are lying (sandwiched) between those of $g, h$ and values of $g, h$ tend to a common limit then that of $f$ also tend to the same limit.



    We have the fundamental inequality $|sin x|leq |x|$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ which is the same as $$-|x|leq sin xleq |x|$$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ and since both $-|x|$ and $|x|$ tend to $0$ as $xto 0$ it follows that $lim_{xto 0}sin x=0$.



    For $cos x$ the situation is tricky and we need to use a bit of trigonometry. We have $$cos x=1-2sin^2(x/2)$$ and noting the earlier inequality for $sin $ we get $$1-frac{x^2}{2}leq cos xleq 1$$ And by squeeze we get $lim_{xto 0}cos x=1$.






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      $begingroup$

      The idea behind sandwich/squeeze theorem is intuitive enough. If values of a function $f$ are lying (sandwiched) between those of $g, h$ and values of $g, h$ tend to a common limit then that of $f$ also tend to the same limit.



      We have the fundamental inequality $|sin x|leq |x|$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ which is the same as $$-|x|leq sin xleq |x|$$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ and since both $-|x|$ and $|x|$ tend to $0$ as $xto 0$ it follows that $lim_{xto 0}sin x=0$.



      For $cos x$ the situation is tricky and we need to use a bit of trigonometry. We have $$cos x=1-2sin^2(x/2)$$ and noting the earlier inequality for $sin $ we get $$1-frac{x^2}{2}leq cos xleq 1$$ And by squeeze we get $lim_{xto 0}cos x=1$.






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        $begingroup$

        The idea behind sandwich/squeeze theorem is intuitive enough. If values of a function $f$ are lying (sandwiched) between those of $g, h$ and values of $g, h$ tend to a common limit then that of $f$ also tend to the same limit.



        We have the fundamental inequality $|sin x|leq |x|$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ which is the same as $$-|x|leq sin xleq |x|$$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ and since both $-|x|$ and $|x|$ tend to $0$ as $xto 0$ it follows that $lim_{xto 0}sin x=0$.



        For $cos x$ the situation is tricky and we need to use a bit of trigonometry. We have $$cos x=1-2sin^2(x/2)$$ and noting the earlier inequality for $sin $ we get $$1-frac{x^2}{2}leq cos xleq 1$$ And by squeeze we get $lim_{xto 0}cos x=1$.






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        The idea behind sandwich/squeeze theorem is intuitive enough. If values of a function $f$ are lying (sandwiched) between those of $g, h$ and values of $g, h$ tend to a common limit then that of $f$ also tend to the same limit.



        We have the fundamental inequality $|sin x|leq |x|$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ which is the same as $$-|x|leq sin xleq |x|$$ for $0<|x|<pi/2$ and since both $-|x|$ and $|x|$ tend to $0$ as $xto 0$ it follows that $lim_{xto 0}sin x=0$.



        For $cos x$ the situation is tricky and we need to use a bit of trigonometry. We have $$cos x=1-2sin^2(x/2)$$ and noting the earlier inequality for $sin $ we get $$1-frac{x^2}{2}leq cos xleq 1$$ And by squeeze we get $lim_{xto 0}cos x=1$.







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            I try to explain the logic by solving the exercize. First of all, this result is also known as the two policemen theorem because if two policemen are escorting a person between them, and both officers go to a cell, then the prisoner must also end up in the cell. This summarizes the main idea of the theorem.



            Now, we know that when $x$ is sufficiently near to $0$ (i.e. the functions must be defined in a neighbourhood of such a point), $-xle sin xle x$ and this holds for any $x$ sufficiently small. Since limits preserve the linear order, we have that if limit of $sin x$ exists, then $$lim_{xrightarrow0} -xle lim_{xrightarrow0} sin x le lim_{xrightarrow0} x.$$
            But the first and the last limits are $0$, hence limit of $sin x$ exists and is $0$ because this function is eventually bounded both from above and below by functions converging to the same limit, so $sin x$ can't go away.



            Edit: generally speaking, you need two functions/policemen who bound the function of which you want to compute the limit, from above and below respectively, in a neighbourhood of the limit point and they must have the same limit at that point.






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              Strictly speaking, the officers don't actually have to enter the cell, they just have to approach arbitrarily close to it, and then the prisoner must also approach arbitrarily close to it. :-)
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              – Brian Tung
              1 hour ago






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              $begingroup$
              There are some inaccuracies in this answer. The inequalities $-x leq sin , xleq x$ can hold only for $x geq 0$ so one can only take right hand limits.
              $endgroup$
              – Kavi Rama Murthy
              1 hour ago


















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            $begingroup$

            I try to explain the logic by solving the exercize. First of all, this result is also known as the two policemen theorem because if two policemen are escorting a person between them, and both officers go to a cell, then the prisoner must also end up in the cell. This summarizes the main idea of the theorem.



            Now, we know that when $x$ is sufficiently near to $0$ (i.e. the functions must be defined in a neighbourhood of such a point), $-xle sin xle x$ and this holds for any $x$ sufficiently small. Since limits preserve the linear order, we have that if limit of $sin x$ exists, then $$lim_{xrightarrow0} -xle lim_{xrightarrow0} sin x le lim_{xrightarrow0} x.$$
            But the first and the last limits are $0$, hence limit of $sin x$ exists and is $0$ because this function is eventually bounded both from above and below by functions converging to the same limit, so $sin x$ can't go away.



            Edit: generally speaking, you need two functions/policemen who bound the function of which you want to compute the limit, from above and below respectively, in a neighbourhood of the limit point and they must have the same limit at that point.






            share|cite|improve this answer











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              $begingroup$
              Strictly speaking, the officers don't actually have to enter the cell, they just have to approach arbitrarily close to it, and then the prisoner must also approach arbitrarily close to it. :-)
              $endgroup$
              – Brian Tung
              1 hour ago






            • 1




              $begingroup$
              There are some inaccuracies in this answer. The inequalities $-x leq sin , xleq x$ can hold only for $x geq 0$ so one can only take right hand limits.
              $endgroup$
              – Kavi Rama Murthy
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            I try to explain the logic by solving the exercize. First of all, this result is also known as the two policemen theorem because if two policemen are escorting a person between them, and both officers go to a cell, then the prisoner must also end up in the cell. This summarizes the main idea of the theorem.



            Now, we know that when $x$ is sufficiently near to $0$ (i.e. the functions must be defined in a neighbourhood of such a point), $-xle sin xle x$ and this holds for any $x$ sufficiently small. Since limits preserve the linear order, we have that if limit of $sin x$ exists, then $$lim_{xrightarrow0} -xle lim_{xrightarrow0} sin x le lim_{xrightarrow0} x.$$
            But the first and the last limits are $0$, hence limit of $sin x$ exists and is $0$ because this function is eventually bounded both from above and below by functions converging to the same limit, so $sin x$ can't go away.



            Edit: generally speaking, you need two functions/policemen who bound the function of which you want to compute the limit, from above and below respectively, in a neighbourhood of the limit point and they must have the same limit at that point.






            share|cite|improve this answer











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            I try to explain the logic by solving the exercize. First of all, this result is also known as the two policemen theorem because if two policemen are escorting a person between them, and both officers go to a cell, then the prisoner must also end up in the cell. This summarizes the main idea of the theorem.



            Now, we know that when $x$ is sufficiently near to $0$ (i.e. the functions must be defined in a neighbourhood of such a point), $-xle sin xle x$ and this holds for any $x$ sufficiently small. Since limits preserve the linear order, we have that if limit of $sin x$ exists, then $$lim_{xrightarrow0} -xle lim_{xrightarrow0} sin x le lim_{xrightarrow0} x.$$
            But the first and the last limits are $0$, hence limit of $sin x$ exists and is $0$ because this function is eventually bounded both from above and below by functions converging to the same limit, so $sin x$ can't go away.



            Edit: generally speaking, you need two functions/policemen who bound the function of which you want to compute the limit, from above and below respectively, in a neighbourhood of the limit point and they must have the same limit at that point.







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              Strictly speaking, the officers don't actually have to enter the cell, they just have to approach arbitrarily close to it, and then the prisoner must also approach arbitrarily close to it. :-)
              $endgroup$
              – Brian Tung
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              $begingroup$
              There are some inaccuracies in this answer. The inequalities $-x leq sin , xleq x$ can hold only for $x geq 0$ so one can only take right hand limits.
              $endgroup$
              – Kavi Rama Murthy
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              $begingroup$
              Strictly speaking, the officers don't actually have to enter the cell, they just have to approach arbitrarily close to it, and then the prisoner must also approach arbitrarily close to it. :-)
              $endgroup$
              – Brian Tung
              1 hour ago






            • 1




              $begingroup$
              There are some inaccuracies in this answer. The inequalities $-x leq sin , xleq x$ can hold only for $x geq 0$ so one can only take right hand limits.
              $endgroup$
              – Kavi Rama Murthy
              1 hour ago










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            Strictly speaking, the officers don't actually have to enter the cell, they just have to approach arbitrarily close to it, and then the prisoner must also approach arbitrarily close to it. :-)
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            – Brian Tung
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            $begingroup$
            Strictly speaking, the officers don't actually have to enter the cell, they just have to approach arbitrarily close to it, and then the prisoner must also approach arbitrarily close to it. :-)
            $endgroup$
            – Brian Tung
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            $begingroup$
            There are some inaccuracies in this answer. The inequalities $-x leq sin , xleq x$ can hold only for $x geq 0$ so one can only take right hand limits.
            $endgroup$
            – Kavi Rama Murthy
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            $begingroup$
            There are some inaccuracies in this answer. The inequalities $-x leq sin , xleq x$ can hold only for $x geq 0$ so one can only take right hand limits.
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            – Kavi Rama Murthy
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