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As a preliminary example, consider the fraction 1/n. By giving n the values of the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. . . successively, we obtain the following sequence: 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, ...
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Weltner, K., John, S., Weber, W.J., Schuster, P., Grosjean , J. (2014). Differential Calculus. In: Mathematics for Physicists and Engineers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54124-7_5
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