Limit (mathematics)

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In mathematics, a limit is the value that a function or sequence "approaches" as the input or index approaches some value.

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Limits are essential to calculus (and mathematical analysis in general) and are used to define continuity, derivatives, and integrals.

The concept of a limit of a sequence is further generalized to the concept of a limit of a topological net, and is closely related to limit and direct limit in category theory.

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