On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:55:08 GMT, Brian Whatcott
wrote:

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:01:57 -0400, Rodney Myrvaagnes
wrote:

You are using "asymptote" in a metaphoric, rather than mathematical
sense.

Hah, another bald statement of what's right and what's wrong:
let's go for some clarifications:

[lifted from a math site]

Definition of a horizontal asymptote: The line y = y0 is a "horizontal
asymptote" of f(x) if and only if f(x) approaches y0 as x approaches +
or - inf
Definition of a vertical asymptote: The line x = x0 is a "vertical
asymptote" of f(x) if and only if f(x) approaches + or - inf as x
approaches x0 from the left or from the right.

Definition of a slant asymptote: the line y = ax + b is a "slant
asymptote" of f(x) if and only if lim (x--+/-) f(x) = ax + b.
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Does this clarify your thoughts on what is and is not asymptotic?


No, because I already knew what it was.
:-)

Brian W


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