Mathematics-Online lexicon: Horizontal Asymptotes

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	Horizontal Asymptotes

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A function

has a horizontal asymptote

on the right side, if

$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to \infty}f(x)=a \qquad a \in \mathbb{R}.$

A function has a horizontal Asymptote on the left side, if

$\displaystyle \lim_{x \to -\infty}f(x)=b \qquad b \in \mathbb{R}.$

(Authors: Jahn/Knödler)

Example:

automatically generated 7/ 8/2004