Introduction to Limits
Limits: The Basic Idea The intuitive meaning of $\lim\limits_{x \to c} f(x)$ For example: function
$$f(x)= \begin{cases} x-1& \text{if x!=2} \\ 3& \text{if x=2} \end{cases}$$
The graph is:
From the graph, in this function, $f(2)=2$. However, $\lim\limits_{x \to 2} f(x)$ is not 2. It is the only value where x is very very close to 2, not actually 2. From the graph, it is easy to claim that the value where x is close to 2 is 1 ($f(1.