From 9ef230dd3139d9df0f8a4d1c3dadeb9fd937e0d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yukunny <44289467+yukunny@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 18:55:44 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] updated definition and broken link (#22800) wrote a simpler definition of asymptotes to my understanding and fixed the broken image under the example. --- .../english/mathematics/asymptotes-worked-examples/index.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/guide/english/mathematics/asymptotes-worked-examples/index.md b/guide/english/mathematics/asymptotes-worked-examples/index.md index c126856d32..b5c5c61b2b 100644 --- a/guide/english/mathematics/asymptotes-worked-examples/index.md +++ b/guide/english/mathematics/asymptotes-worked-examples/index.md @@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ title: Asymptotes Worked Examples --- ## Asymptotes Worked Examples -Asymptotes of a curve is defined as a line, such that as the curve goes to infinity it will tend to meet that line. +Asymptotes is the line of a curve as it approaches infinity, but never crosses the line indefinately. Example, Take the curve of f(x) = (1/x) -![img](https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-c5be56e1b5d297b9995615a47707f52b.webp) +![img](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Hyperbola_one_over_x.svg/1600px-Hyperbola_one_over_x.svg.png) +Figure 1: curve of f(x) = (1/x) Here you can see that the lines x = 0 and y = 0 tends to meet the curve at infinity.