Limit
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A limit can be:
  • Limit (mathematics)
    Limit (mathematics)
    In mathematics, the concept of a "limit" is used to describe the value that a function or sequence "approaches" as the input or index approaches some value. The concept of limit allows mathematicians to define a new point from a Cauchy sequence of previously defined points within a complete metric...

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    • Limit of a function
      Limit of a function
      In mathematics, the limit of a function is a fundamental concept in calculus and analysis concerning the behavior of that function near a particular input....

    • Limit of a sequence
      Limit of a sequence
      The limit of a sequence is, intuitively, the unique number or point L such that the terms of the sequence become arbitrarily close to L for "large" values of n...

    • One-sided limit
      One-sided limit
      In calculus, a one-sided limit is either of the two limits of a function f of a real variable x as x approaches a specified point either from below or from above...

    • Limit superior and limit inferior
      Limit superior and limit inferior
      In mathematics, the limit inferior and limit superior of a sequence can be thought of as limiting bounds on the sequence...

    • Limit of a net
    • Limit point
      Limit point
      In mathematics, a limit point of a set S in a topological space X is a point x in X that can be "approximated" by points of S in the sense that every neighbourhood of x with respect to the topology on X also contains a point of S other than x itself. Note that x does not have to be an element of S...

    • Limit (category theory)
      Limit (category theory)
      In category theory, a branch of mathematics, the abstract notion of a limit captures the essential properties of universal constructions such as products and inverse limits....

    • Direct limit
      Direct limit
      In mathematics, a direct limit is a colimit of a "directed family of objects". We will first give the definition for algebraic structures like groups and modules, and then the general definition which can be used in any category.- Algebraic objects :In this section objects are understood to be...

       and Inverse limit
      Inverse limit
      In mathematics, the inverse limit is a construction which allows one to "glue together" several related objects, the precise manner of the gluing process being specified by morphisms between the objects...

  • A constraint (mathematical, physical, economical, legal, etc.) in the form of an inequality, such as:
    • Chandrasekhar limit
      Chandrasekhar limit
      When a star starts running out of fuel, it usually cools off and collapses into one of three compact forms, depending on its total mass:* a White Dwarf, a big lump of Carbon and Oxygen atoms, almost like one huge molecule...

    • Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit
      Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuzmin limit
      The Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit is a theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic rays coming from "distant" sources. The limit is 5×1019 eV, or about 8 joules. The limit is set by slowing-interactions of cosmic ray protons with the microwave background radiation over long distances...

    • Budget constraint
      Budget constraint
      A budget constraint represents the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can purchase given current prices with his or her income. Consumer theory uses the concepts of a budget constraint and a preference map to analyze consumer choices...

    • Speed limit
      Speed limit
      Road speed limits are used in most countries to regulate the speed of road vehicles. Speed limits may define maximum , minimum or no speed limit and are normally indicated using a traffic sign...

    • Age of consent
      Age of consent
      While the phrase age of consent typically does not appear in legal statutes, when used in relation to sexual activity, the age of consent is the minimum age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts. The European Union calls it the legal age for sexual...

  • An extreme value or boundary, such as:
    • High frequency limit
    • A limit order is a type of order
      Order (exchange)
      An order in a market such as a stock market, bond market, commodity market or financial derivative market is an instruction from customers to brokers to buy or sell on the exchange.These instructions can be simple or complicated...

       to buy a security at no more (or sell at no less) than a specific price on an exchange.
  • Other uses, such as:
    • The Limit
      The Limit
      The Limit was a 1980s musical group composed of Dutch producers Bernard Oattes and Rob Van Schalk. They released a full-length album in 1984, which yielded the hit "Say Yeah". The song peaked at #17 on the UK Singles Chart and at #7 on the U.S. Billboard Dance/Club Play chart.-Albums:-Songs:...

      , a 1980s band
    • Limit (music)
      Limit (music)
      In music theory, limit or harmonic limit is a way of characterizing the harmony found in a piece or genre of music, or the harmonies that can be made using a particular scale. The term was introduced by Harry Partch, who used it to give an upper bound on the complexity of harmony; hence the name...

       in just intonation
      Just intonation
      In music, just intonation is any musical tuning in which the frequencies of notes are related by ratios of small whole numbers. Any interval tuned in this way is called a just interval. The two notes in any just interval are members of the same harmonic series...

    • In BDSM
      BDSM
      BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...

      , limits
      Limits (BDSM)
      In BDSM, limits refer to those activities that participants in a BDSM scene feels strongly about, and to which special attention must be paid....

       are activities that a partner feels strongly about, and to which special attention must be paid.
    • limits.h, the header of a general purpose standard library of the C programming language
    • Els Límits
      Els Límits
      Els Límits is a Spanish village, a civil parish of the municipality of La Jonquera, situated in the province of Girona, Catalonia, in Spain. As of 2005 its population was of 115 .-Geography:...

      , a village in the municipality of La Jonquera, Catalonia (Spain)

See also

  • Limited (disambiguation)
  • Limitless (disambiguation)
  • Unlimited (disambiguation)
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