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[-] Tja@programming.dev 15 points 4 months ago

Are those called limits in English? How do you call those things then?

lim x->0 1/x

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 4 months ago

For integrals, we would say that "b and a are the limits of integration".

The notation "lim x->0 1/x" would be read as "the limit of 1 over x as x goes to zero." In general, "lim" is short for "limit" of whatever follows it, with respect to what is below the "lim" symbol. Rarely, I have also seen the notation "l.i.m." used for the limit in mean, i.e. the limit with respect to the L^2 norm.

[-] featured@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I’ve always called them the bounds of integration but I’ve heard the term limits of integration too

[-] Venator@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Also limits. But also "tends towards".

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