Sunday, February 27, 2011

Epsilon-delta definition

The $e\psilon-\delta$ definition states that the limit of $f(x) = L$ as $x$ approaches $a$ if for all $\epsilon > 0$, there exists a $\delta > 0$, such that if $|x-a| < \delta$, then $|f(x) - L| < \epsilon$. The applet below courtesy of Sylvain Berube, shows its geometric interpretation.




















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5 comments:

  1. Who's Sylvain Bérubé? https://sites.google.com/site/mathynick/geogebra-dynamic-worksheets Belongs to me, lol. Nick B

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  2. Nick, could you give me your full name, if you don't mind.

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  3. Nicholas Benallo
    I changed my nickname over to MathyNick.

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  4. The linear function is draggable. Once the graph is translated vertically, some of the numerical values become unrelated to what is presented graphically.

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