Ultralimit

For the direct limit of a sequence of ultrapowers, see Ultraproduct.

In mathematics, an ultralimit is a geometric construction that assigns to a sequence of metric spaces X_n a limiting metric space. The notion of an ultralimit captures the limiting behavior of finite configurations in the spaces X_n and uses an ultrafilter to avoid the process of repeatedly passing to subsequences to ensure convergence. An ultralimit is a generalization of the notion of Gromov-Hausdorff convergence of metric spaces.