Limit of a Function at a Point
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A function assigns a value given any point
. We say that a function
has a limit
at a point
if
gets closer and closer to
as
moves closer and closer to
. A more formal definition of
is: for each
, there exists a
such that
whenever
. Note that
depends on
: "You give me an
and I'll find you a
".
Contributed by: Quinn Morris (September 2016)
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