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Submitted to Contest #304
Asymptote is a mathematical term relating to analytic geometry. It’s a heavy, technical word that alienates a lot of people, especially when you read its ‘simplest’ definition for the first time. An asymptote is when the curved line of a graph continually approaches a straight line without meeting within a finite distance. The language hides a lot from us. It hides its beauty, its majesty, and just how simple they really are.On a graph, it is just two lines: one straight, the other curved. The two lines meet and run alongside each other into...
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