Timeline for How should students say in words the notation for a limit?
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| Nov 22, 2019 at 0:05 | answer | added | Eta | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 17, 2019 at 20:50 | history | edited | Sat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Updated title and question to better reflect the purpose of the question
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| Sep 17, 2019 at 19:21 | answer | added | AlainD | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 13, 2019 at 19:49 | vote | accept | Sat | ||
| Sep 5, 2019 at 13:24 | answer | added | amWhy | timeline score: 20 | |
| Sep 5, 2019 at 3:23 | history | edited | user507 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 4, 2019 at 16:01 | comment | added | idmercer | A fourth possibility is "As x approaches a, the limit of f(x) equals L." Edit: Personally, I don't think I say it that way. But when I introduce the topic of limits, I might say things like "If x approaches a, what does f(x) do?" | |
| Sep 4, 2019 at 13:21 | comment | added | user1815 | I think the best habit would be for the students to think they all mean the same thing. | |
| Sep 4, 2019 at 1:20 | answer | added | Xander Henderson♦ | timeline score: 4 | |
| Sep 4, 2019 at 0:10 | answer | added | DavidButlerUofA | timeline score: 9 | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 9:12 | comment | added | Michael Bächtold | The expression $\lim_{x\to a} f(x)$ has a meaning without the $=L$ part. Variant 2 makes this least explicit. | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 6:34 | answer | added | Tommi | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 4:07 | answer | added | guest | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 3:05 | comment | added | Sue VanHattum♦ | I think I say it the 3rd way (which also keeps f(x) and L together). | |
| Sep 3, 2019 at 0:21 | history | asked | Sat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |