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AP Calculus AB›Unit 1: Limits and Continuity›Limits

What a Limit Means

A limit is the value a function approaches as the input gets close to a point. The function never has to reach it, and it doesn't even have to be defined there.

Approach, not arrivalReading limits from graphs and tablesWhen a limit does not exist

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Unit 1: Limits and Continuity

  • What a Limit Means
  • Limits at Infinity
  • The Squeeze Theorem
  • Types of Discontinuity
  • Intermediate Value Theorem

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Also called: limits, limit intuition, limit notation