• the concept of limit
• graphical approach
• one-sided limits
• limits involving infinity
• how to calculate
• formal definition

Limits: the concept of limit

	Limits in calculus: areas and tangents © Dan Sloughter 2000
	The limit of a sequence and how limits work © Dan Sloughter 2000
	Examples of when left-hand and right-hand limits are the same and when they are different © Dorothy Wallace
	Sandwich Theorem shows the limit as x approaches 0 of sin(x)/x = 1 © Dorothy Wallace, Susan Diesel
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