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Calculus for Scientists and Engineers
Definitions and Rules
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Mathematics
Undergraduate 1
10/21/2013

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Term
Function
Definition
A function is a rule that assigns a unique value to each value x in a set D.
Term
-Domain

-Range
Definition
-The domain is the set D of a function.
(Independent Variables/Input)

-The range is the set of all values of f(x) produced as x varies over the domain. (Dependent Variables/Output)
Term
Vertical Line Test
Definition
A function F(x) will have one unique output for each input.

When looking at the graph, if you can (at any point) draw a vertical line which intersects the line at more than one point, then it fails this test.
Term
Composite Functions
Definition
y=f(g(x))

-Evaluated by y=f(u), where u=g(x).

-The domain consists of all x in the domain of g(x) which also reside in the domain of f(u) [which is also the range of g(x)], where u=g(x).
Term
Secant Line
Definition
A line that goes through any two points on a curve.
Term
Slope of Secant Line
Definition
Average Rate of Change between two points.

Change in y / change in x =
f(x+h)-f(x)/(x+h)-x =
f(x+h)-f(x)/ h
Term
Even Function
Definition
-Has the property that
f(-x)=f(x), for all x in the domain.

-Symmetric about the y-axis.
Term
Odd FDunction
Definition
-Has the property that
f(-x)=-f(x), for all x in the domain.

-Symmetric about the origin.
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