Asymptotes: Closer But Never QuiteTouching...
Imagine trying to get to a finish line where with each leap you halve the distance remaining between you and your objective. Sounds good at first – but after a short period, you will realize that you can never actually get all the way there. You get closer and closer, halving the distance with each leap, but you won’t quite make it. Close, but no cigar. Your approach to the finish line is asymptotic . A mathematical limitation makes the intuitively simple task into the impossible conundrum. No matter how assiduously you proceed, you can merely cut the distance in half – even after a (theoretically) infinite number of leaps you cannot bridge that gap. The early leaps are the most productive…however, with each successive leap, your dilemma becomes clearer, and you become more frustrated . You have come up against a limiting mathematical constraint. The irony of this predicament is that although the objective is fixed, it might just as well be a moving target… retreating in smaller inc...