Asymptotes An asymptote of a curve or function is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line

between the curve and the line approaches cero as they tend to infinity. Originally meant that they would never touch or that the line was tangent to the curve ad infinitum. For the purposes of limits as asymptote can be touched by the curve in special cases, in other words some functions can touch the asymptote in both vertical and horizontal fashions.

Vertical Asymptote A vertical asymptote is possible when we have one of the following three cases: ,

Horizontal Asymptote

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%C3%ADntota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptote Continuity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_function The intermediate value theorem It is used in the bisection method to find roots of a given function. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate_value_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisection_method More on what is a limit and how is used according to formal definition.

The limit allow us to calculate a value for x so that we obtain a value for f(x) such that it meets some precision criterion as to how close the value of the function should be to its limit as x approaches a given point.

Epsilon represents the precision or error with which we most approximate the value of the limit with the value of de function given. Delta on the other hand represents the precision or error with which we most approximate the value of a with the input x so that the function produces the desired value within the precision desired. In the picture above we look at a demonstration of what is the relationship of Delta and Epsilon, and why 20 is the limit in this case. Epsilon depends on Delta, that is the value of Delta has to fit a function that results in a value close to Epsilon, and we get that by multiplying it (delta) by 2 and subtracting it to the limit of the function. This way, we are not at the limit but as close as Epsilon demands. So we are given Epsilon and so, we need to figure Delta in order to produce an x such that f(x) is within Epsilon from the limit. Question Is this also about how to obtain a general value for delta according to a general value for epsilon?