# Limits at Positive Infinity

So far we have been discussed limits at some fixed numbers, in this section we shall be concerned with the limits at positive infinity.
Let us consider the function $f$ defined by the equation $f\left( x \right) = \frac{{2{x^2}}}{{{x^2} + 1}}$. Let $x$ take on the values 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 100, 1000 etc, allowing $x$ increasing without bound. The corresponding function values are given in the given table below.

 $x$ $0$ $1$ $2$ $3$ $4$ $5$ $10$ $100$ $1000$ $f\left( x \right) = \frac{{2{x^2}}}{{{x^2} + 1}}$ $0$ $1$ $\frac{8}{5}$ $\frac{9}{5}$ $\frac{{32}}{{17}}$ $\frac{{25}}{{13}}$ $\frac{{200}}{{101}}$ $\frac{{20000}}{{10001}}$ $\frac{{2000000}}{{1000001}}$

When the independent variable $x$ is increasing without bound through positive values, as in the above table, we say that $x$ is approaching positive infinity and write $x \to + \infty$. We see from the given table that $x \to + \infty$ the function values $f\left( x \right)$ get closer and closer to $2$, $f\left( x \right) \to 2$. Because of this, we say