Mathematics A-Level
Limiting value
What Limiting value means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Limiting value
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The value a model approaches as the independent variable becomes arbitrarily large.
Topics that use Limiting value
- Integration (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Antiderivative
- Area between curves
- Area under a curve
- Definite integral
- Differential equation
- Factorisation involving a common factor
- First-Order
- Fundamental Theorem of Calculus
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