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![Trajectories of potential cannonball fires with air-resistance included. (http://ej.iop.org/images/0143-0807/33/1/149/Full/ejp405251f1_online.jpg)
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In 1638, according to Amir D. [Aczel](http://books.google.com/books?id=kvGt2OlUnQ4C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=mersenne+cannon+ball+tests&source=bl&ots=wEUd7e0jFk&sig=LpFuPoUvODzJdaoug4CJsIGZZHw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KUGcU6OAKJCfyASnioCoBA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mersenne%20cannon%20ball%20tests&f=false), an experiment was performed in the French Countryside. A monk, Marin Mersenne, launched a cannonball straight up into the air in an attempt to help Descartes prove facts about the rotation of the earth. Though the experiment was not successful, Mersenne later observed that the time for the cannonball to go up was greater than the time to come down. ["Vertical Projection in a Resisting Medium: Reflections on Observations of Mersenne".](http://www.maa.org/publications/periodicals/american-mathematical-monthly/american-mathematical-monthly-contents-junejuly-2014)
In 1638, according to Amir D. [Aczel](http://books.google.com/books?id=kvGt2OlUnQ4C&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=mersenne+cannon+ball+tests&source=bl&ots=wEUd7e0jFk&sig=LpFuPoUvODzJdaoug4CJsIGZZHw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KUGcU6OAKJCfyASnioCoBA&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=mersenne%20cannon%20ball%20tests&f=false), an experiment was performed in the French Countryside. A monk, Marin Mersenne, launched a cannonball straight up into the air in an attempt to help Descartes prove facts about the rotation of the earth. Though the experiment was not successful, Mersenne later observed that the time for the cannonball to go up was less than the time to come down. ["Vertical Projection in a Resisting Medium: Reflections on Observations of Mersenne".](http://www.maa.org/publications/periodicals/american-mathematical-monthly/american-mathematical-monthly-contents-junejuly-2014)
This isn't the case for simple ballistic motion where the time to go up is equal to the time to come down. We can "prove" this numerically. For simple ballistic motion:

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caption = L"""
The first triangle has area $1/2$, the second has area $1/8$, then $2$ have area $(1/8)^2$, $4$ have area $(1/8)^3$, ...
The first triangle has area $1/2$, the second has area $1/8$, then $3$ have area $(1/8)^2$, $4$ have area $(1/8)^3$, ...
With some algebra, the total area then should be $1/2 \cdot (1 + (1/4) + (1/4)^2 + \cdots) = 2/3$.
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caption = L"""
The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\pi$, can be approximated from above and below by computing the perimeters of the inscribed $n$-gons. Archimedes computed the perimeters for $n$ being $12$, $24$, $48$, and $96$ to determine that $3~1/7 \leq \pi \leq 3~10/71$.
The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, $\pi$, can be approximated from above and below by computing the perimeters of the inscribed $n$-gons. Archimedes computed the perimeters for $n$ being $12$, $24$, $48$, and $96$ to determine that $3~10/71 \leq \pi \leq 3~1/7$.
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plotly()
ImageFile(p, caption)

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###### Question
As mentioned, for limits that depend on specific values of parameters `SymPy` may have issues. As an example, `SymPy` has an issue with the following limit, whose answer depends on the value of $k$"
As mentioned, for limits that depend on specific values of parameters `SymPy` may have issues. As an example, `SymPy` has an issue with the following limit, whose answer depends on the value of "$k$"
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Suppose a sequence of points $x_n$ converges to $a$ in the limiting sense. For a function $f(x)$, the sequence of points $f(x_n)$ may or may not converge. One alternative definition of a [limit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit_of_a_function#In_terms_of_sequences) due to Heine is that $\lim_{x \rightarrow a}f(x) = L$ if *and* only if **all** sequences $x_n \rightarrow a$ have $f(x_n) \rightarrow L$.
Consider the function $f(x) = \sin(1/x)$, $a=0$, and the two sequences implicitly defined by $1/x_n = \pi/2 + n \cdot (2\pi)$ and $y_n = 3\pi/2 + n \cdot(2\pi)$, $n = 0, 1, 2, \dots$.
Consider the function $f(x) = \sin(1/x)$, $a=0$, and the two sequences implicitly defined by $1/x_n = \pi/2 + n \cdot (2\pi)$ and $1/y_n = 3\pi/2 + n \cdot(2\pi)$, $n = 0, 1, 2, \dots$.
What is $\lim_{x_n \rightarrow 0} f(x_n)$?