期刊:The Mathematical Gazette [Cambridge University Press] 日期:1972-12-01卷期号:56 (398): 274-284被引量:5
标识
DOI:10.2307/3617830
摘要
Consider the hyperbola y = 1/ x . (It will be convenient to restrict attention to that part for which x > 1.) Everyone will agree that the x -axis is an “asymptote” to this curve; however, different people are likely to advance different reasons for this fact.