Symbolic notation
October 11th, 2005 by SplineGuy
I just love teaching Calculus. I have a hard time seeing why something like the following mathematical definition is not met with cheers of adulation for its specificity and conciseness. It says so much with so little and can be taken so far.
You nerd!
Let’s see if I remember what all that stuff means — A sub n approaches L as n approaches infinity for every epsilon greater than 0 there exists an integer such that ….
Nope I don’t remember…
Just in case you are curious. Here is a translation (not that it makes any more simple):
“a sub n approaches L as n approaches infinity if and only if for every epsilon greater that zero, there exists a positive integer N such that if n is greater than or equal to N then a sub n is within epsilon of L”
(beautiful)
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
Beauty is only spline deep.
beauty is only skin deep, but UGLY goes clear to the bone.