To check whether a function is unbounded

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Show that $f:[-1,1]\to \mathbb{R}$ defined by $f(x)=2x\sin\frac{1}{x^2}-\frac{2}{x}\cos\frac{1}{x^2}, ~~x\neq 0$ and $f(0)=0$ is unbounded on every neighbourhood of $0$.

Attempt: $|f(x)|=|2x\sin\frac{1}{x^2}-\frac{2}{x}\cos\frac{1}{x^2}|\leq |2x\sin\frac{1}{x^2}|+|\frac{2}{x}\cos\frac{1}{x^2}|\leq 2+|\frac{2}{x}|$. At the neighbourhood of $x=0$, $\frac{1}{x}$ is unbounded, so $f(x)$ cannot be written as $|f(x)|\leq K$ for some positive $K$. Thus $f(x)$ is unbounded.

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Let $x_k = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2k\pi}}$ where $k\in \mathbb{Z}, k > 0$.

Then $$f \left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{2k\pi}} \right)=-2\sqrt{2k\pi}$$

As $k\to \infty, x_k \to 0, |f(x_k)| = 2\sqrt{2k\pi}\to \infty$.