Limit Guessing Algorithm

[ram.rachum at gmail.com]

On Dec 2, 10:53 pm, Roy Smith <r... at panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> <6527e349-27ba-4de4-bc29-75ff45117... at b40g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
>
>
>
>  "ram.rac... at gmail.com" <ram.rac... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello hello,
>
> > I'm looking for a piece of code, preferably in Python, that will do
> > the following. It will accept a few data points (x,f(x)) of a function
> > that converges to some finite value when x converges to infinity. I
> > need the algorithm to guess what that limit is, to whatever precision
> > it can.
>
> > For example, if the input is:
>
> > [
> > [1,8],
> > [2,7.5],
> > [3,7.25],
> > [4,7.125]
> > ]
>
> > Then the output will be 7. Or at least something close.
>
> > Does anyone know anything like that?
>
> I suggest any introductory calculus or math analysis text.  Perhaps even
> the one your professor assigned you for the course :-)
>
> Look under "limits" in the table of contents.

I'm a third year math undergrad. You probably did not understand my
question.