Sunday, April 6, 2014

Section 12.3 Due on Monday April 7

Limits of functions

What was difficult for me?
It was difficult for me to understand the first vocab word of this section: deleted neighborhood of a.  For some reason, it's always been difficult for me to go through the syntax of definitions like that and come out with a clear understanding of what it means.  I have to hear it explained to me by the teacher.  Because I didn't understand the deleted neighborhood of functions,  it was difficult for me to understand the rest of the chapter.  I believe that with practice and an explanation in class tomorrow, I'll do just fine.

What did I find interesting?
I have always found limits interesting - maybe it's that whole thing where you find interesting what you don't quite understand.  I look at the first result to prove in the book, where the limit as x approaches 4 of (3x-7) = 5.  That's just so interesting to me.  There's a lot for me to understand, but I love how with limits you can get closer and closer and closer to a number, but not actually reach it.  It's just fascinating to me.

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