Mathematical English Usage - a Glossary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

limit

1
The limit limx→ 0f(x) exists. [Not: “There exists a limit limx→ 0f(x).'']

Now (1) follows after passage to the limit as n→∞.  

2
 [see also: confine, restrict] I shall limit myself to three aspects of the subject.


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