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Delta and Epsilon
Hello!
Apologies for the long delays in updating this journal. I've had a lot of things happening, not all of which have been entirely productive. Also this is the first conversational calculus entry typed from an offline livejournal client running under my new Ubuntu system. Well, the system itself is about a year old, but I am finally running ( Read more... ) -
(Untitled)
OK, this is the third post on limits and it is my sincere hope to finish off that topic, and also the topic of continuity, so that we can get into the good stuff. Different classes will spend different amounts of time on limits and continuity but I want to try to hit as many points as possible so that this resource can help as many people as ( Read more... ) -
more limits.
Yesterday we left off talking about the three key things needed for there to be a limit at a point. Here they are again:
I. The limit coming from the left must exist.
II. The limit from the right must exist.
III. The limit from the left must equal the limit from the right.
Well, let's use those ideas to examine the limits at different points along ( Read more... ) -
No Limit to the Madness
So let's start from the beginning. Your calculus class will probably begin with a discussion of limits. Some books have a rather cryptic discussion, but they really aren't that big of a deal ( Read more... ) -
The Project Begins.
I have crafted a journal, joined some communities, and started replying to posts under this name. I'm not going to publically announce this journal until I've made enough posts to know that I will keep at it. It's way too late tonight, but tomorrow expect a lovely post on the idea of limits, with perhaps a dash of delta and epsilon.