5 Questions
What concept is essential to the understanding of calculus and has been around for thousands of years?
The concept of a limit
When did the formal definition of a limit appear?
Late 19th century
What did early mathematicians use a limiting process for?
To obtain better approximations of areas of circles
What is the focus of the exploration of limits in the text?
Behavior of each graph at and around $x=2$
What is the limiting process used by early mathematicians to obtain better approximations?
$\lim_{h \to 0}$
Test your understanding of the concept of a limit and how functions behave in the vicinity of a specific point.
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