Let I be an open interval containing c , and let f be a function defined on I , except possibly at c . The limit of f(x) , as x approaches c , is L , denoted by limx→cf(x)=L means that given any ϵ>0 , there exists δ>0 such that for all x≠c , if |x−c|<δ , then |f(x)−L|<ϵ