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===Definition=== We call <math>x</math> the '''limit''' of the [[sequence]] <math>(x_n)</math>, which is written :<math>x_n \to x</math>, or :<math>\lim_{n\to\infty} x_n = x</math>, if the following condition holds: :For each [[real number]] <math>\varepsilon > 0</math>, there exists a [[natural number]] <math>N</math> such that, for every natural number <math>n \geq N</math>, we have <math>|x_n - x| < \varepsilon</math>.<ref>{{Cite web| last=Weisstein|first=Eric W.| title=Limit|url=https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Limit.html|access-date=2020-08-18| website=mathworld.wolfram.com|language=en}}</ref> In other words, for every measure of closeness <math>\varepsilon</math>, the sequence's terms are eventually that close to the limit. The sequence <math>(x_n)</math> is said to '''converge to''' or '''tend to''' the limit <math>x</math>. Symbolically, this is: :<math>\forall \varepsilon > 0 \left(\exists N \in \N \left(\forall n \in \N \left(n \geq N \implies |x_n - x| < \varepsilon \right)\right)\right)</math>. {{anchor|null sequence}} If a sequence <math>(x_n)</math> converges to some limit <math>x</math>, then it is '''convergent''' and <math>x</math> is the only limit; otherwise <math>(x_n)</math> is '''divergent'''. A sequence that has zero as its limit is sometimes called a '''null sequence'''.
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