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Here we want f(x) = 7 for example. We want to say
. So for every t > 0 we have to produce mt > 0 so that if
0 < |x-5| < mt then |f(x) - 7 | < t. This is not hard:
|f(x) - 7| = |7 - 7| = 0 < t
is true regardless of x, so mt could be any positive real number. We can
take mt =1.
David G Radcliffe
8/18/1998