If f(x, y) ={ 1 if x=0 or y=0 and 0 otherwise } then lim f(x, y) does not exist for limit (x, y) approaches to (0, 0).
Consider the limit of "f(x,y)" along straight lines "x=t, y=at, (or \\ y=ax" , wherea is the slope) as "t\u21920^+"
.We have,
"lim_{(x,y)\u2192(0,0)}\n\n\u200bf(x,y)=lim_{t\u21920^+}\n\n\u200bf(t,at)=0,if \\ a\n\n \\neq 0" (by definition of the function).And,
"lim_{(x,y)\u2192(0,0)}\n\n\u200bf(x,y)=lim_{t\u21920^+}\n\n\u200bf(t,at)=1,if \\ a\n\n = 0"(by definition of the function)Thus, since the limit along a straight line depends on the slope of te line. We have that the two-variable limit does not exist.
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