Real analysis
Lesson 1 of 10
The epsilon–delta definition of a limit
Objective. State and use the formal definition of a limit.
The key idea
lim f(x) = L means: for every ε > 0 there is a δ > 0 such that 0 < |x − a| < δ implies |f(x) − L| < ε.
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