What does limit mean?

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ahsome · Answer

I see in some equations this occurs:
$$\Huge\lim_{x \to \infty}$$
Or
$$\Huge\lim_{x \to \triangle x}$$

What does it actually mean?

ahsome · Answer

Sorry @jihna, but I don't really understand that. Could you explain in simpler terms?

ahsome · Answer

What do you mean limit of x? Does it not reach something, like limited?

perl · Answer

lets say i give you a sequence

perl · Answer

find limit of the sequence 
{ 0.9, 0.99 , 0.999, 0.9999 , ... }  
the limit is 1.0 because it is getting as close to 1 as you want. With limits, it does not matter that you never actually reach 1.

anonymous · Answer

give me just a min and i will look it up

anonymous · Answer

In mathematics, a limit is the value that a function or sequence "approaches" as the input or index approaches some value. Limits are essential to calculus (and mathematical analysis in general) and are used to define continuity, derivatives, and integrals.