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Asymptote
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| Asymptote
A line l is said to be an asymptote of an infinite branch of a curve |
if, as the point P on this infinite branch approaches to infinity , the perpendicular distance between P and the line l approaches to zero.
Examples
- The lines
and 
are two asymptotes of the curve 
