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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

lim x->0 1/x

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also limits. But also "tends towards".