Is Asymptote a Visualization of Limit in Mathematics?

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Is asymptote the visualization of limit?
 
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Helicobacter said:
Is asymptote the visualization of limes?

Umm... I really don't understand what you're asking? Did you mean lines? Not limes like the fruit?
 
My fault, in German/Latin limit means limes
 
Since a curve approaches its asymptote in the limit, yes, you can think of that as a way of "visualizing" the limit.
 

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