\begin{frame} \frametitle{Limits at Infinity} \begin{block}{} Let $f$ be a function defined on some interval $(a,\infty)$. Then \begin{gather*} \lim_{x\to \infty} f(x) = L\\[1ex] \text{spoken: ``the limit of $f(x)$, as $x$ approaches infinity, is $L$''} \end{gather*} if the values $f(x)$ can be made arbitrarily close to $L$ by taking $x$ sufficiently large. \end{block} \begin{center} \scalebox{.7}{ \begin{tikzpicture}[default,xscale=.8] \diagram{-.5}{4}{-.5}{3}{1} \diagramannotatez \draw[cgreen,ultra thick] plot[smooth,domain=0:4.5,samples=20,xshift=-.5cm] function{1.5- 1.5*(2*x**2 - x)/(.5+ abs(x**4))}; \draw[cred,dashed] (-.5,1.5) -- (4,1.5); \end{tikzpicture}~\quad~ \begin{tikzpicture}[default,xscale=.8] \diagram{-.5}{4}{-.5}{3}{1} \diagramannotatez \draw[cgreen,ultra thick] plot[smooth,domain=-.5:4,samples=20] function{1.5 + 2/(3*x+3)}; \draw[cred,dashed] (-.5,1.5) -- (4,1.5); \end{tikzpicture} ~\quad~ \begin{tikzpicture}[default,xscale=.8] \diagram{-.5}{4}{-.5}{3}{1} \diagramannotatez \draw[cgreen,ultra thick] plot[smooth,domain=-.5:4,samples=200] function{1.5 + 5*sin(10*x)/(3*(x+1)**(1.5)+3)}; \draw[cred,dashed] (-.5,1.5) -- (4,1.5); \end{tikzpicture} } \end{center} \end{frame}