Understanding Complex Numbers: Limits & Functions

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[SOLVED] Complex Numbers

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Homework Statement


Kreyszig, P.665 section 12.3,

A function f(z) is said to have the limit l as z approaches a point z_0 if f is defined in the neighborhood of z_0 (except perhaps at z_0 itself) and if the values of f are "close" to l for all z "close" to z_0; that is, in precise terms, for every positive real \epsilon we can find a positive real \delta such that for all z not equal to z_0 in the disk |z-z_0|<\delta, we have

|f(z)-l|<\epsilon...(2)

that is, for every z not equal to z_0 in that \delta disk, the value of f lies in the disk (2).

I think this means that if you were to plot z and f(z), for all values of z near the point z_0 (within the \delta disk), but not necessarily at z_0 itself (as the function may not exist at z_0), the value of f(z) would be very close to l (but not necessarily l, as f(z_0) may not exist) and that this value of f(z) would be inside the \epsilon disk.

Is that right?
 
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