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LIMITS
LIMITS
UNDERSTANDING LIMITS
WHAT ARE LIMITS?
LIMITS OF FUNCTION
In other words,
the value of f(x)
SPECIAL NOTATIONS
gets closer and
closer to 6 as the
value of gets
closer and closer
to 4 either side.
This can be
We read this expression as “the limit of the function written as:
f(x) as c approaches the value of c”
NOTES AND REMINDERS
FURTHERMORE
The limit of a function as it approaches c is not
We specify whether x will approach a value c from necessarily equal to its value. Thus, can
the left or from the right. assume a value different from f(c).
We
do not say that “equals DNE”, nor do
we write “ “ because “DNE”
is not a value.
If x approaches c from the left, or
through values less than c
If x approaches c from the right,
or through values greater than c