Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 September 2017
1. The present paper is an attempt to sketch a mode of procedure for teaching Limits and Convergence to beginners. It is felt by many teachers that at present
(1) the subject is introduced too academically;
(2) that its Arithmetical foundation is not brought into sufficient prominence;
(3) that therefore pupils leave school with only a very hazy notion of what it is all about;