Chapter 2 | Limits
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2 | LIMITS
Figure 2.1 The vision of human exploration by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to distant parts of the universe illustrates the idea of space travel at high speeds. But, is there a limit to how fast a spacecraft can go? (credit: NASA)
Chapter Outline
2.1 A Preview of Calculus 2.2 The Limit of a Function 2.3 The Limit Laws 2.4 Continuity 2.5 The Precise Definition of a Limit
Introduction Science fiction writers often imagine spaceships that can travel to far-off planets in distant galaxies. However, back in 1905, Albert Einstein showed that a limit exists to how fast any object can travel. The problem is that the faster an object moves, the more mass it attains (in the form of energy), according to the equation m = m 0 1− v 2 c 2 ,
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