Limit of floor function and sine function

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for $$\lim_{x\to k}\lfloor x\rfloor \sin\frac{π x}2$$

find the limit for $k=0,1,2,3$

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$$x-1<\lfloor x\rfloor\le x$$ $$\Downarrow$$ $$x\sin\frac{π x}2-\sin\frac{π x}2<\lfloor x\rfloor \sin\frac{π x}2\le x\sin\frac{π x}2$$

for $k= 0$ and for $k=2$

$$\lim\limits_{x\to k}x\sin\frac{π x}2-\sin\frac{π x}2=\lim\limits_{x\to k} x\sin\frac{π x}2= 0$$

and because of squeeze theorem $$\lim\limits_{x\to 0}\lfloor x\rfloor \sin\frac{π x}2=0$$

for $k=1$ and $k=3$ $$\lim\limits_{x\to k}x\sin\frac{π x}2-\sin\frac{π x}2=0$$ and

$$\lim\limits_{x\to k} x\sin\frac{π x}2= 1 , -1$$ so it means there is no limit at all? can i use sqeeze therom on the opposit and say that it represent the limit on the right and the limit on the left?

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You can sometimes use the Squeeze Theorem to show that a limit does exist, but never to show that a limit does not exist. So your solutions are fine for $k=0$ and $k=2$ but you need to find an alternative for $k=1$ and $k=3$.

Hint. Try taking the limit from the right and left separately. If $3<x<4$ then $\lfloor x\rfloor=3$, so $$\lfloor x\rfloor\sin\frac{\pi x}{2}=3\sin\frac{\pi x}{2}\ .$$ If $2<x<3$ then $\lfloor x\rfloor=2$ and so $$\lfloor x\rfloor\sin\frac{\pi x}{2}=2\sin\frac{\pi x}{2}\ .$$ You can now find the limit for both of these as $x\to3$. If the two limits have the same value then it is the value of $$\lim_{x\to3}\lfloor x\rfloor\sin\frac{\pi x}{2}\ ,$$ if they are different (or if either does not exist) then this "two-sided" limit does not exist.