Definition:Limit of Complex Function

Definition
The definition for the limit of a complex function is exactly the same as that for the general metric space.

Let $A_1, A_2 \subseteq \C$ be subsets of the complex plane.

Let $c$ be a limit point of $A_1$.

Let $f: A_1 \to A_2$ be a complex function from $A_1$ to $A_2$ defined everywhere on $A_1$ except possibly at $c$.

Let $L \in A_2$.

Then $\map f z$ is said to tend to the limit $L$ as $z$ tends to $c$, and we write:
 * $\map f z \to L$ as $z \to c$

or
 * $\ds \lim_{z \mathop \to c} \map f z = L$

if the following equivalent conditions hold.

This is voiced:
 * the limit of $\map f z$ as $z$ tends to $c$.

Epsilon-Delta Condition

 * $\forall \epsilon \in \R_{>0}: \exists \delta \in \R_{>0}: \forall z \in A_1: 0 < \cmod {z - c} < \delta \implies \cmod {\map f z - L} < \epsilon$

That is, for every real positive $\epsilon$ there exists a real positive $\delta$ such that every point in the domain of $f$ within $\delta$ of $c$ has an image within $\epsilon$ of some point $L$ in the codomain of $f$.

Epsilon-Neighborhood Condition

 * $\forall \map {N_\epsilon} L: \exists \map {N_\delta} c \setminus \set c: \map f {\map {N_\delta} c \setminus \set c} \subseteq \map {N_\epsilon} L$

where:
 * $\map {N_\delta} c \setminus \set c$ is the deleted $\delta $-neighborhood of $c$ in $M_1$;
 * $\map {N_\epsilon} L$ is the $\epsilon$-neighborhood of $L$ in $M_2$.

That is, for every $\epsilon$-neighborhood of $L$ in $A_2$, there exists a deleted $\delta$-neighborhood of $c$ in $A_1$ whose image is a subset of that $\epsilon$-neighborhood.

Equivalence of Definitions
These definitions are seen to be equivalent by the definition of the $\epsilon$-neighborhood.