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i'm trying to check if $f(x,y)=\frac{xy^3+xy\sin(2015x+2016y)}{(x^2+y^2)e^{x^2-y^2}} ((x,y)\ne(0,0) )$ and $0$ when $(x,y)=(0,0)$, is continuous at $(0,0)$. I've tried using polar coordinates to see if it goes to zero, and different paths to try to disprove, and also by definition, but nothing works. Can anyone help me?

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In polar coordinates, $$\frac{r^2\cos\theta\sin^3\theta+\cos\theta\sin\theta\sin\big(r(2015\cos \theta+2016\sin\theta)\big)}{e^{r^2\cos2\theta}}$$

As $r\to 0$, the numerator goes to $0$ and the denominator goes to $1$, so the limit is $0$.

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    Thanks, but i just don't understand 1 thing: the definition says that the limit is zero if you can write it as $F(r)G(\theta)$ where F goes to zero and G is bounded, which i think is not the case here.2017-01-16