Sufficiently Large

In mathematics, the phrase sufficiently large is used in contexts such as:
f(x) is true for sufficiently large x
which is actually shorthand for:
there exists an a\in\mathbb{R} such that f(x) is true for all x\ge a.
This does not necessarily mean that any particular value for a is known, but only that such an a exists. The phrase "sufficiently large" should not be confused with the phrases "arbitrarily large" or "infinitely large". "Sufficiently large" is sometimes the subject of mathematical humor; for example, as in the mathematician's joke "π = 3, for sufficiently large values of 3".

Other uses in mathematics

A Haken manifold is sometimes called sufficiently large.

 

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