Analyze the continuity of a real-valued function of two variables.

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Consider the function

$$f(x,y)=\begin{cases}|y/x^2|\cdot 2^{-|y/x^2|}, & x\neq 0\\ 0, & else\end{cases}$$

Show that $f$ isn't continuous at (0,0) while the restriction $f|_G$ on each line $G$ through the origin is continuous on $G$.

Solution:

So my idea was to just show that $f$ isn't continuous without restricting it at all. So by using polar coordinates, we get:

$\lim_{r\to 0} |\frac{1}{r}\frac{sin(\varphi)}{\cos(\varphi)^2}|2^{-|\frac{1}{r}\frac{sin(\varphi)}{\cos(\varphi)^2}|}=0$

since

$\lim_{k \to 0} \frac{k}{2^k}=0$

so $f$ is continuous at $(0,0)$.... so somehow what I just did isn't correct or isn't what I intended to. :/

Where's my mistake?