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Simple monotonic functions that asymptomatically approach a value from above edit
I'm looking for simple smooth monotonically decreasing functions f(x) that have all the following properties:
- f(1) = 1
- as x approaches infinity, f(x) asymptomatically approaches, from above, a constant c (obviously, the previous condition implies c < 1; I'd be interested both in functions that only work for c >= 0 and in functions that work even for negative c)
What are the simplest functions you can think of that fit these conditions? Thanks. (Note: About a month ago, I asked a somewhat similar question that was sort of, but not exactly — the initial point was f(0) = 0, not f(1) = 1 — the inverse of this question. Thank you for the many responses on that question.)
—SeekingAnswers (reply) 08:09, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
- Either
- which works for all real and < 1 or if you only require the function to be defined for positive , then
Any other functions? Do most of the answers from the previous question not translate as well to this one? —SeekingAnswers (reply) 23:00, 24 March 2016 (UTC)