The iterated limits lim
x!x0
lim
y!y0
f ðx; yÞ
and lim
y!y0
lim
x!x0
f ðx; yÞ
, [also denoted by lim
x!x0
lim
y!y0
f ðx; yÞ and
lim
y!y0
lim
x!x0
f ðx; yÞ respectively] are not necessarily equal. Although they must be equal if lim
x!x0
y!y0
f ðx; yÞ is to
exist, their equality does not guarantee the existence of this last limit.